Nutrient ratios, differential retention, and the effect on nutrient limitation in a deep oligotrophic lake

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 718, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-130

  Verburg, P ^a   Horrox, J ^b   Chaney, E ^b   Rutherford, J C ^a   Quinn, J M ^a   Wilcock, R J ^a   Howard Williams, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b West Coast Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Differential nutrient retention; Lake Brunner; Nitrogen retention; Phosphorus limitation; Phosphorus retention

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER COLUMN;

LAKE BRUNNER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

ALGAE;

EID: 84884534212     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1609-3     Document Type: Article

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