Biomass-pigment relationships in potamoplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1557-1566

  Descy, Jean Pierre ^a   Métens, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS-PIGMENT RELATIONSHIP; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POTAMOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE MARKER;

BELGIUM, RIVER MEUSE;

EID: 0029661131     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.9.1557     Document Type: Article

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