Phytoplankton productivity response to nutrient concentrations, light availability and temperature along an Australian estuarine gradient

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-533

  O'Donohue, Mark J H ^a   Dennison, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; LOGAN RIVER; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0030759011     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352611     Document Type: Article

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