Atmospheric phosphorus deposition may cause lakes to revert from phosphorus limitation back to nitrogen limitation

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Camarero, L ^a   Catalan, J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; LAKE; NITROGEN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAKE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84869474579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2125     Document Type: Article

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