The influence of light and nutrients on benthic filamentous algal growth: A case study of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 64-74

  Winslow, Kimberly Peters ^a,c   Francoeur, Steven N ^b   Peacor, Scott D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filamentous algae; Light; Phosphorus; Resource limitation; Saginaw Bay

Indexed keywords

LAKES; LIGHT; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

CELLULAR NUTRIENTS; LIGHT GRADIENTS; LIGHT LIMITATIONS; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PARAMETERS; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; SAGINAW BAY;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SUBSTRATE; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; SAGINAW RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; DREISSENIDAE;

EID: 84901262660     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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