Regime shifts between free-floating plants and phytoplankton: A review

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 740, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-24

  de Tezanos Pinto, Paula ^a   O’Farrell, Inés ^a  

^a Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Free floating plants; Phytoplankton; Regime shifts

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIELD METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84910146636     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1943-0     Document Type: Review

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