Rising CO2 levels will intensify phytoplankton blooms in eutrophic and hypertrophic lakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Verspagen, Jolanda M H ^a   Van De Waal, Dedmer B ^a,b   Finke, Jan F ^a,d   Visser, Petra M ^a   Van Donk, Ellen ^b,c   Huisman, Jef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84905917139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104325     Document Type: Article

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