Temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton in Lake Poyang: The largest freshwater lake in China

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-483

  Wu, Zhaoshi ^a,b   Cai, Yongjiu ^a   Liu, Xia ^a   Xu, Cai Ping ^a,b   Chen, Yuwei ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lake Poyang; Light; Nutrient; Phytoplankton; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER LAKES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; YANGTZE RIVER;

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LIGHT; NUTRIENTS; WATER LEVELS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; POYGAN LAKE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AULACOSEIRA GRANULATA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS EROSA; FRAGILARIFORMA VIRESCENS; SYNEDRA ACUS;

EID: 84883220875     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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