Phytoplankton composition within the tidal freshwater region of the James River, Virginia

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 720-730

  Marshall, Harold G ^a   Burchardt, Lubomira ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIDAL CHANNEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032544811     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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