Seasonal changes in factors controlling phytoplankton growth in Beatrix Bay, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-248

  Gibbs, M M ^a   Vant, W N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Algal growth; Aquaculture; Light; Nutrients; Pelorus Sound; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ALGAE; LUSTROCHERNES;

EID: 0030867675     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516761     Document Type: Article

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