Annual cycles of phytoplankton community-structure and bloom dynamics in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina

Marine Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-381

  Pinckney, J L ^a   Paerl, H W ^a   Harrington, M B ^a   Howe, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRYPTOMONAD; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROALGAE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, NEUSE ESTUARY;

CHLOROPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031865383     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050330     Document Type: Article

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