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  • Tropical cyanobacterial blooms: a review of prevalence, problem taxa, toxins and influencing environmental factors

    Maxine A.D. Mowe, Simon M. Mitrovic, Richard P. Lim, Ambrose Furey, Darren C.J. Yeo
    30-12-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1005
    8516
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  • Seasonal variation of Microcystis aeruginosa and factors related to blooms in a deep warm monomictic lake in Mexico

    Eloy Montero, Gabriela Vázquez, Margarita Caballero, Mario E. Favila, Fernando Martínez-Jerónimo
    21-06-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2013
    2742
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  • Cyanobacterial blooms in freshwaters bodies in a semiarid region, northeastern Brazil: A review

    Ariadne do Nascimento Moura, Nisia K. C. Aragão-Tavares, Cihelio A. Amorim
    27-12-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1646
    4003
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  • A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa

    Zacarias Fresno Lopez, Tommaso Cancellario, Diego Fontaneto, Lyudmila Kamburska, Karimullah Karimullah, Robert L. Wallace, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Radoslav Smolak
    06-03-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2116
    5146
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  • Phytoplankton functional group dynamics and environmental drivers in a tropical monomictic lake (Lake Yambo, Philippines)

    Dimple May Gianne Q. Dumaguit, Maxine A.D. Mowe, Rey Donne S. Papa
    17-06-2025
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2025.2231
    1854
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  • From intermittent to persistent cyanobacterial blooms: identifying the main drivers in an urban tropical reservoir

    Cleber C. Figueredo, Ricardo M. Pinto-Coelho, Ana Maria M.B. Lopes, Pedro H.O. Lima, Björn Gücker, Alessandra Giani
    15-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1330
    4678
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  • Profundal benthic invertebrates in an oligotrophic tropical lake: different strategies for coping with anoxia

    María del Carmen Hernández, Javier Alcocer, Luis A. Oseguera, Elva Escobar
    05-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.910
    4260
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  • Spatio-temporal variation of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in public supply reservoirs of the semi-arid region of Brazil Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in reservoirs of the semi-arid region

    Ranielle Daiana dos Santos Silva, Juliana Santos Severiano, Dayany Aguiar de Oliveira, Camila Ferreira Mendes, Vanessa Virgínia Barbosa, Mathias Ahii Chia, José Etham de Lucena Barbosa
    31-10-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1893
    2650
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  • The trophic role and impact of plankton ciliates in the microbial web structure of a tropical polymictic lake dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria

    Alfonso Esquivel, Aude Barani, Miroslav Macek, Ruth Ruth Soto-Castor, Celia Bulit
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1392
    3799
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  • The occurrence and levels of cyanotoxin nodularin from Nodularia spumigena in the alkaline and salty Lake Burdur, Turkey

    Fatma Sahindokuyucu Kocasari, Iskender Gulle, Sukru Kocasari, Selcuk Pekkaya, Firdevs Mor
    02-04-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1097
    3455
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  • The success of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in freshwaters is enhanced by the combined effects of light intensity and temperature

    Sylvia Bonilla, Mauricio González-Piana, Maria C.S. Soares, Vera L.M. Huszar, Vanessa Becker, Andrea Somma, Marcelo M. Marinho, Mikołaj Kokociński, Martin Dokulil, Dermot Antoniades, Luis Aubriot
    22-06-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1479
    4334
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  • Numerical simulation of the vertical migration of Microcystis (cyanobacteria) colonies based on turbulence drag

    Hongru Zhao, Wei Zhu, Huaimin Chen, Xiaohua Zhou, Ruochen Wang, Ming Li
    11-11-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1501
    3088
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  • Hydrochemistry, ostracods and diatoms in a deep, tropical, crater lake in Western Mexico

    Margarita Caballero, Alejandro Rodriguez, Gloria Vilaclara, Beatriz Ortega, Priyadarsi Roy, Socorro Lozano-García
    e42
    08-10-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e42
    12182
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  • Recent findings regarding non-native or poorly known diatom taxa in north-western Italian rivers

    Elisa Falasco, Francesca Bona
    e4
    05-02-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e4
    3375
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  • Phytoplankton responses to an extreme drought season: A case study at two reservoirs from a semiarid region, Northeastern Brazil Phytoplankton during extreme drought season

    Carlos Y. B. Oliveira, Cicero D. L. Oliveira, Ayanne J. G. Almeida, Alfredo O. Gálvez, Danielli M. Dantas
    21-02-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1869
    2409
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  • Phytoplankton functional groups for ecological assessment in young sub-tropical reservoirs: case study of the Nam-Theun 2 Reservoir, Laos, South-East Asia

    Joanna Martinet, Stéphane Descloux, Pierre Guédant, Frederic Rimet
    15-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.958
    4290
    Downloads: 1446
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  • Interaction between simulated dense Scenedesmus dimorphus (Chlorophyta) bloom and freshwater meta-zooplankton community

    Zengling Ma, Hengguo Yu, Ronald Thring, Chuanjun Dai, Anglv Shen, Min Zhao
    08-03-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1742
    2013
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  • Zooplankton community structure in the presence of low levels of cyanotoxins: a case study in a high altitude tropical reservoir (Valle de Bravo, Mexico)

    Michael A. Figueroa-Sanchez, Nandini Sarma, S.S.S. Sarma
    20-02-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.784
    4582
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  • Seasonal morphological variability in an in situ Cyanobacteria monoculture: example from a persistent Cylindrospermopsis bloom in Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico

    Owen Lind, Laura Dávalos-Lind, Carlos López, Martin López, Juli Dyble Bressie
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1190
    2759
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  • Changes in cyanobacterial density due to application of Artificial Floating Island model with macrophytes: an experimental case study in a tropical reservoir

    Pedro Ramírez-García, David Chicalote-Castillo
    28-10-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1959
    3355
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  • The first floristic study of freshwater dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) in Colombia

    Carolina Bustamante-Gil, Eduardo Amat, Andrés Boltovskoy, John J. Ramírez-Restrepo
    07-10-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2023
    2833
    Downloads: 644
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  • Effects of the hydrological cycle on the phycoperiphyton assemblage in an Andean foothill stream in Colombia

    María I. Ríos-Pulgarín, Isabel C. Gil-Guarín, Mario Barletta, Néstor J. Mancera-Rodríguez
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1429
    3397
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  • Assessing temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton composition in a large reservoir in the Brazilian northeastern region under intense drought conditions

    Hortência de Souza Barroso, Janaina A. Santos, Rozane V. Marins, Luiz Drude Lacerda
    02-11-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1698
    4033
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  • Population growth potential of rotifers from a high altitude eutrophic waterbody, Madín reservoir (State of Mexico, Mexico): The importance of seasonal sampling Rotifer growth potential

    Rosa Martha Moreno-Gutiérrez, S.S.S. Sarma, Alma Socorro Sobrino-Figueroa, S. Nandini
    27-06-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1823
    2814
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  • Compensatory growth in Microcystis aeruginosa after moderate high-temperature exposure

    Wei Han, Yuanshu Jing, Ting Li
    22-04-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1164
    3026
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  • Modelling physical and ecological processes in medium-to-large deep European perialpine lakes: a review

    Claudia Dresti, Andrea Fenocchi, Diego Copetti
    13-10-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2041
    2118
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  • A review of rice field ostracods (Crustacea) with a checklist of species

    Robin J. Smith, Dayou Zhai, Suktonthip Savatenalinton, Takahiro Kamiya, Na Yu
    08-08-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1648
    5042
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  • Inter-annual ciliate distribution variation within the late stratification oxycline in a monomictic lake, Lake Alchichica (Mexico)

    Ximena Sánchez Medina, Miroslav Macek, Fernando Bautista-Reyes, Andrea Perz, Patricia Bonilla Lemus, Mario Chávez Arteaga
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1440
    3187
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  • Automated high frequency monitoring of Lake Maggiore through in situ sensors: system design, field test and data quality control

    Rocco Tiberti, Rossana Caroni, Massimiliano Cannata, Andrea Lami, Dario Manca, Daniele Strigaro, Michela Rogora
    21-06-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2011
    2363
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  • Diversity and dynamics of picocyanobacteria and the bloom-forming cyanobacteria in a large shallow eutrophic lake (lake Chaohu, China)

    Yuanfeng Cai, Fanxiang Kong
    e38
    07-10-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e38
    5207
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  • High chlorophyll a concentration in a low nutrient context: discussions in a subtropical lake dominated by Cyanobacteria

    Mariana C. Hennemann, Mauricio M. Petrucio
    03-05-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1347
    4039
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  • Daily and seasonal variability of CO2 saturation and evasion in a free flowing and in a dammed river reach

    Monica Pinardi, Marisa Rossetto, Pierluigi Viaroli, Marco Bartoli
    08-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.947
    3800
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  • Responses of phytoplankton functional groups to environmental factors in the Maixi River, southwest China

    Guojia Huang, Qiuhua Li, Xiaoqing Wang, Mengshu Han, Lei Li, Jing Xiao, Yipeng Liu
    25-08-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1613
    3211
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  • Hydrochemistry and trophic state change in a large reservoir in the Brazilian northeast region under intense drought conditions

    Janaina A. Santos, Rozane V. Marins, José E. Aguiar, Guillermo Challar, Francisco A.T.F. Silva, Luiz D. Lacerda
    22-08-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1433
    5005
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  • Phytoplankton relationship with bacterioplankton, dissolved carbohydrates and water characteristics in a subtropical coastal lagoon

    Pablo S. Guimarães, Layanna Zigiotto, Marinês Garcia, Maria J. Dellamano-Oliveira, Armando A.E. Vieira, Danilo Giroldo
    e45
    09-10-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e45
    11053
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  • Lake Sevan. Past, present, and future state of a unique alpine lake

    Gayane Shahnazaryan, Martin Schultze, Karsten Rinke, Bardukh Gabrielyan
    23-11-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2168
    1421
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  • Morphological changes of Microcystis aeruginosa colonies in culture

    Qianqian Sun, Wei Zhu, Ming Li, Xiao Tan
    01-07-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1225
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  • Long-term effects of extreme weather events and eutrophication on the fish community of shallow Lake Peipsi (Estonia/Russia)

    Külli Kangur, Peeter Kangur, Kai Ginter, Kati Orru, Marina Haldna, Tõnu Möls, Andu Kangur
    e30
    06-06-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e30
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  • Fisheries impacts on lake ecosystem structure in the context of a changing climate and trophic state

    Tiina Nõges, Orlane Anneville, Jean Guillard, Juta Haberman, Ain Järvalt, Marina Manca, Giuseppe Morabito, Michela Rogora, Stephen J. Thackeray, Pietro Volta, Ian J. Winfield, Peeter Nõges
    27-06-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1640
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  • Demographic responses of Heterocypris incongruens (Ostracoda) related to stress factors of competition, predation and food

    Rocio Fernandez, Sarma Nandini, S.S.S. Nandini, Maria E. Castellanos-Páez
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1367
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  • Nutrients retention in a small subtropical wetland (México)

    Martha B. Rendón-López, M. Luisa Suarez Alonso, Gloria L. Ayala-Ramirez, Yazmin Hernández-Linares, Alberto Gómez-Tagle Chavez, Julio C. Medina-Avila, M. Rosario Vidal-Abarca
    22-03-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1363
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  • Morphological abnormalities in cladocerans related to eutrophication of a tropical reservoir

    Rômulo R.R. de Melo, Paula N. Coelho, Maria J. dos Santos-Wisniewski, Célio Wisniewski, Cristiana S. Magalhães
    27-10-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1395
    4075
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  • A global analysis of zooplankton in natural and artificial fresh waters

    Faye L. Merrix-Jones, Stephen J. Thackeray, Stephen J. Ormerod
    e12
    06-02-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e12
    5866
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  • The importance of environmental differences in the structuring of rotifer functional diversity Environmental differences and rotifer functional diversity

    Anita Galir Balkić
    26-06-2019
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1903
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  • Spatial variation of picoplankton communities along a cascade reservoir system in Patagonia, Argentina

    M. Carolina Bernal, Lunhui Lu, Carmen Sabio y García, María Laura Sánchez, M. Solange Vera, Sol Porcel, Rodrigo Sinistro, Zhe Li, Irina Izaguirre
    03-09-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2027
    1731
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  • Morphology-based classification of functional groups for potamoplankton

    Ning Chen, Ling Liu, Yanfeng Li, Danying Qiao, Yuanpo Li, Ying Zhang, Yiyan Lv
    28-04-2015
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1173
    4004
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  • Feeding patterns in Eubranchipus grubii (Dybowski 1860) (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) and its potential influence on the phytoplankton communities of vernal pools

    Sofia Celewicz, Michał Jan Czyż, Bartłomiej Gołdyn
    29-03-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1705
    2040
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  • Spatial distribution of crustacean zooplankton in a large river-connected lake related to trophic status and fish

    Wenzhi Wei, Riming Chen, Liufu Wang, Lixia Fu
    23-05-2017
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1622
    3617
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  • Mapping bathymetry and shallow water benthic habitats in inland and coastal waters with Sentinel-2

    Laura Argus, Tiit Kutser, Birgot Paavel, Martin Ligi, Claudia Giardino, Mariano Bresciani, Tiia Möller
    15-03-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2023.2091
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  • Retrospective assessment of macrophytic communities in southern Lake Garda (Italy) from in situ and MIVIS (Multispectral Infrared and Visible Imaging Spectrometer) data

    Mariano Bresciani, Rossano Bolpagni, Federica Braga, Alessandro Oggioni, Claudia Giardino
    e19
    19-01-2012
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e19
    3332
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  • Lake Maggiore: geomorphological genesis, lake-level evolution, and present and future ecosystems importance

    Cristian Scapozza, Nicola Patocchi
    18-09-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2146
    2507
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  • Influence of submerged macrophytes on phosphorus in a eutrophic reservoir in a semiarid region Influence of submerged macrophytes on phosphorus

    Vanessa Virginia Barbosa, Juliana dos Santos Severiano, Dayany Aguiar de Oliveira, José Etham de Lucena Barbosa
    03-02-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1931
    2790
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  • Rotifers in Lake Orta: a potential ecological and evolutionary model system

    Stefan Sommer, Sarma Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma, Arpat Ozgul, Diego Fontaneto
    13-04-2016
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2016.1276
    4154
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  • Attenuation of ultraviolet radiation and photosynthetically active radiation in six Yunnan Plateau lakes of China based on seasonal field investigations

    Weilu Wang, Xuan Yang, Licheng Huang, Jiang Qin, Qichao Zhou
    26-02-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1951
    1991
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  • Mercury methylation in oxic aquatic macro-environments: a review

    Andrea Gallorini, Jean-Luc Loizeau
    09-03-2021
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2007
    3163
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  • Environmental modulation of the plankton community composition and size-structure along the eutrophic intertidal coast of the Río de la Plata estuary, Argentina

    Maximiliano D. Garcia, Nicolás Bonel
    15-05-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.911
    3956
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  • Dataset of benthic copepods in the littoral zones of Lake Maggiore

    Agostina Tabilio Di Camillo, Angela Boggero, Diana Maria Paola Galassi, Lyudmila Kamburska, Barbara Fiasca, Tiziana Di Lorenzo
    15-06-2023
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2022.2130
    1201
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  • Sources of organic matter affect depth-related microbial community composition in sediments of Lake Erhai, Southwest China

    Wei Xiong, Ping Xie, Shengrui Wang, Yuan Niu, Xi Yang, Wenjie Chen
    24-11-2014
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1106
    3793
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  • Phacotus lenticularis content in carbonate sediments and epilimnion in four German hard water lakes P. lenticularis content in German hard-water lakes

    Sebastian Lenz, Nathalie Dubois, Juergen Geist, Uta Raeder
    01-04-2020
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2020.1945
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  • Seasonality of the N2O cycle of the Biobío River during the megadrought Nitrous oxide during a megadrought

    Marcela Cornejo-D'Ottone, Ricardo Figueroa, Oscar Parra
    27-09-2018
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2018.1767
    2347
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  • Study of influencing factors to chromophoric dissolved organic matter absorption properties from fluorescence features in Taihu lake in autumn

    Chuang-Chun Huang, Yun-Mei Li, Hao Yang, De-Yong Sun, Liang-Jiang Xu, Xia Chen
    e26
    26-04-2013
    https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e26
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