Catchment land use and trophic state impacts on phytoplankton composition: A case study from the Rotorua lakes' district, New Zealand

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-146

  Paul, Wendy J ^a   Hamilton, David P ^a   Ostrovsky, Ilia ^b   Miller, Steven D ^a   Zhang, Austin ^a   Muraoka, Kohji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyta; Catchment; Chlorophyta; Cyanoprokaryota; Lake morphology; Land use; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED LOAD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PASTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STATUS;

BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; ROTORUA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84867010728     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1147-4     Document Type: Article

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