Nitrogen limitation of phytoplankton in a shallow embayment in northern Puget Sound

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 759-769

  Bernhard, A E ^a,b   Peele, E R ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTION;

PADILLA BAY; USA; WASHINGTON PUGET SOUND;

EID: 0031473244     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352249     Document Type: Article

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