Dramatic changes in a phytoplankton community in response to local and global pressures: A 24-year survey of the river Loire (France)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1620-1631

  Larroude S ^a,b   Massei, N ^c   Reyes Marchant, P ^b   Delattre, C ^d   Humbert, J F ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b ASCONIT Consultants   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Herbicides; Large river; NAO; Phosphorus decrease; Phytoplankton community

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CYANOBACTERIUM; HERBICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; SEASON;

BIOMASS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIA; FRANCE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEASONS;

FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84875845433     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12139     Document Type: Article

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