Effects of exposed artificial substrate on the competition between phytoplankton and benthic algae: Implications for shallow lake restoration

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  He, Hu ^a   Luo, Xuguang ^b   Jin, Hui ^c   Gu, Jiao ^a,d   Jeppesen, Erik ^e,f   Liu, Zhengwen ^a,f,g   Li, Kuanyi ^a,f  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Sino Danish Centre for Education and Research   (China)

^g JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial substrate; Benthic algae; Phytoplankton; Resource competition; Shallow lakes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; BENTHIC ALGAE; BENTHIC PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RESOURCE COMPETITIONS; SHALLOW LAKES;

SUBSTRATES;

ALGA; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER;

ALGAE;

EID: 85011264062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w9010024     Document Type: Article

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