Regional and seasonal variation in nutrient limitation of river biofilms

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 474-489

  Reisinger, Alexander J ^a,b   Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Dee, Martha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Nitrogen; Nutrient diffusing substrate; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84970996586     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685829     Document Type: Article

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