Flow, nutrients, and light availability influence Neotropical epilithon biomass and stoichiometry

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1019-1034

  Kohler, Tyler J ^a,f   Heatherly II, Thomas N ^a   El Sabaawi, Rana W ^b,g   Zandonà, Eugenia ^c,h   Marshall, Michael C ^d   Flecker, Alexander S ^b   Pringle, Catherine M ^d   Reznick, David N ^e   Thomas, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

algae; disturbance; light:nutrient hypothesis; periphyton; streams; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPILITHON; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

ALGAE;

EID: 84874779123     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-141.1     Document Type: Article

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