A simple metric for predicting the timing of river phytoplankton blooms

Abstract In rivers, phytoplankton populations are continuously exported by unidirectional, advective flow. Both transport and growth conditions determine periods of excess phytoplankton growth, or blooms, in a given reach. Phytoplankton abundance, however, has mainly been compared to the state of ei...

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Main Authors: Nicholas E. Bruns, James B. Heffernan, Matthew R. V. Ross, Martin Doyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-12-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4348