Phytoplankton functional and morpho-functional approach in large floodplain rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 217-231

  Stanković, Igor ^a   Vlahović, Tatjana ^b   Gligora Udovič, Marija ^c   Várbíró, Gábor ^d   Borics, Gábor ^d  

^a Hrvatske Vode   (Croatia)

^b CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Large rivers; Nutrients; Potamoplankton dynamics; River discharge; Water residence time

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ECOREGION; FLOODPLAIN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN ALGA; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CROATIA; DANUBE RIVER; DRAU RIVER; MURA RIVER; SAVA RIVER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84866999773     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1148-3     Document Type: Article

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