Predicting cyanobacterial dynamics in the face of global change: The importance of scale and environmental context

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3477-3490

  Taranu, Zofia E ^a,b   Zurawell, Ron W ^c   Pick, Frances ^d   Gregory Eaves, Irene ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Mixing regime; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84868198006     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12015     Document Type: Article

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