Cooccurrence of elevated urea levels and dinoflagellate blooms in temperate estuarine aquaculture ponds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5594-5596

  Glibert, Patricia M ^a   Terlizzi, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUACULTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; POND CULTURE; UREA;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POND; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032710405     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5594-5596.1999     Document Type: Article

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