Spatial and temporal variations of phytoplankton chlorophyll a and suspended particulate matter in Mayagüez Bay, Puerto Rico

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-43

  Gilbes, Fernando ^a,b   López, José M ^a   Yoshioka, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ BAY;

EID: 0029668977     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.1.29     Document Type: Article

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