Understanding the key ecological traits of cyanobacteria as a basis for their management and control in changing lakes

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 333-350

  Mantzouki, Evanthia ^a   Visser, Petra M ^b   Bormans, Myriam ^c   Ibelings, Bas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyanobacterial blooms; Eutrophication; Functional traits; Lake management; Microcystins

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84931072453     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-015-9526-3     Document Type: Article

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