Response of primary producers to nutrient enrichment in a shallow estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 89-98

  Kinney, Eleanor H ^a   Roman, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Eutrophication; Green macroalgae; Maine; Phytoplankton; Primary productivity; Ruppia maritima; USA

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGAE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BASS HARBOR MARSH; MAINE; USA;

RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 0032510546     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163089     Document Type: Article

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