Patterns of benthic algae and cyanobacteria along twin-stressor gradients of nutrients and fine sediment: A stream mesocosm experiment

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1849-1863

  Wagenhoff, Annika ^a,b   Lange, Katharina ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Ecological thresholds; Multiple stressor interaction; Physiognomic guilds; Subsidy stress

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; NITZSCHIA; OSCILLATORIA; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 84880037676     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12174     Document Type: Article

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