Spatial and temporal patterns of factors influencing phytoplankton in a salt wedge estuary, the Swan River, western Australia

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 801-817

  Thompson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; SWAN RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032454081     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353282     Document Type: Article

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