Use of a morphology-based functional approach to model phytoplankton community succession in a shallow subtropical lake

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 504-512

  Segura, Angel M ^a   Kruk, Carla ^a   Calliari, Danilo ^a   Fort, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ecological performance; Functional groups; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 84873417071     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02867.x     Document Type: Article

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