Process influencing water column nutrient characteristics and phosphorus limitation of phytoplankton biomass in Florida Bay, FL, USA:Inferences from spatial distributions

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 295-314

  Fourqurean, James W ^a,b   Jones, Ronald D ^b   Zieman, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll distribution; Florida Keys; Nutrients; Salinity; Spatial distribution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS;

USA, FLORIDA BAY; USA, FLORIDA, FLORIDA BAY;

EID: 0027385906     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1993.1018     Document Type: Article

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