Eolian dust affects phytoplankton in the waters off Kuwait, the Arabian Gulf

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 525-529

  Subba Rao, D V ^a   Al Yamani, F ^a   Nageswara Rao, C V ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GROWTH RATE; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

KUWAIT; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0032738454     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050667     Document Type: Article

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