Scales of nutrient-limited phytoplankton productivity in Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-385

  Malone, Thomas C ^a   Conley, Daniel J ^a   Fisher, Thomas R ^a   Glibert, Patricia M ^a   Harding, Lawrence W ^a,c   Sellner, Kevin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICATE;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0029669769     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352457     Document Type: Article

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