Testing the light : Nutrient hypothesis in an oligotrophic boreal lake

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Faithfull, C L ^a   Wenzel, A ^a   Vrede, T ^a,b   Bergstrom A K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Food web; Light; Mesocosm; Nutrient hypothesis; Phytoplankton primary production; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903783606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00223.1     Document Type: Article

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