Phytoplankton-Specific Response to Enrichment of Phosphorus-Rich Surface Waters with Ammonium, Nitrate, and Urea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Donald, Derek B ^a   Bogard, Matthew J ^a,b   Finlay, Kerri ^a   Bunting, Lynda ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; UREA;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL DENSITY; CERATIUM HIRUNDINELLA; COELASTRUM ASTROIDEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MESOCOSM; MICROCYSTIC BOTRYS; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS FLOS AQUAE; MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SCENEDESMUS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; LAKES; LIGHT; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UREA; WATER;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CERATIUM HIRUNDINELLA; COELASTRUM ASTROIDEUM; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MICROCYSTIS BOTRYS; MICROCYSTIS FLOS-AQUAE; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84872558485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053277     Document Type: Article

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