Phytoplankton biomass is mainly controlled by hydrology and phosphorus concentrations in tropical hydroelectric reservoirs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 693, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-28

  Rangel, Luciana M ^a   Silva, Lúcia H S ^a   Rosa, Priscila ^b   Roland, Fábio ^b   Huszar, Vera L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixing; Nutrients; Phytoplankton limitation; Water residence time; Zooplankton grazing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATION; RESERVOIR; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL REGION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84864299664     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1083-3     Document Type: Article

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