Responses of microbial phototrophs to late-Holocene environmental forcing of lakes in south-west Greenland

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 690-704

  Reuss, Nina S ^a   Anderson, N John ^b   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^c   Simpson, Gavin L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogenic silica; Energy and mass; Nitrogen; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84874983789     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12073     Document Type: Article

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