Impairing the largest and most productive forest on our planet: How do human activities impact phytoplankton?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 698, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 375-384

  Salmaso, Nico ^a   Naselli Flores, Luigi ^b   Padisák, Judit ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autoecology; Climate change; Eutrophication; Functional classification; Land use; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROBIOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84867022511     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1253-3     Document Type: Article

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