Cyanobacteria as biological drivers of lake nitrogen and phosphorus cycling

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a   Ewing, Holly A ^b   Greer, Meredith L ^b   Carey, Cayelan C ^c   Weathers, Kathleen C ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom; Eutrophication; Oligotrophic; Phytoplankton; Regime shift; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84921997302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00174.1     Document Type: Article

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