Phytoplankton community and trophic status assessment of a newly impounded sub-tropical reservoir: case study of the Nam Theun 2 Reservoir (Lao PDR, Southeast Asia)

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Issue		Hydroécol. Appl. Volume 19, 2016


Page(s)		173 - 195
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hydro/2015006
Published online		02 October 2015

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