Pelagic communities and ecosystem processes in Andean Patagonian lakes

Limiting nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorus, are of crucial importance in the structure and dynamics of freshwater plankton. Oligotrophic lakes are nutrient limited environments and therefore their plankton dynamics depends mostly on internal mechanisms of recycling. The plankton dynamics and food w...

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Autor principal: Balseiro, Esteban (autor)
Otros Autores: Modenutti, Beatriz E. (autor)
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Publicado: Buenos Aires : Asociación Argentina de Ecología, 1998-12
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