Impacts of high-nitrate freshwater inputs on macrotidal ecosystems. I. Seasonal evolution of nutrient limitation for the diatom-dominated phytoplankton of the Bay of Brest (France)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 1997, Pages 213-224

  Del Amo, Yolanda ^a,c   Le Pape, Olivier ^b   Tréguer, Paul ^a   Quéguiner, Bernard ^a   Ménesguen, Alain ^b   Aminot, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystem; Eutrophication; Macrotidal; Nutrient limitation; Phytoplankton dynamics; Silicon

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BAY OF BREST; FRANCE;

EID: 0031593014     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps161213     Document Type: Article

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