High predictability of spring phytoplankton biomass in mesocosms at the species, functional group and community level

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 588-596

  Bauer, Barbara ^a,b   Sommer, Ulrich ^b   Gaedke, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Divergence; Hierarchical level; Mesocosms; Predictability; Replicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873429197     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02780.x     Document Type: Article

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