Import, mortality and accumulation of coastal phytoplankton in a partially mixed estuary (Kinsale harbour, Ireland)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 412, Issue , 1999, Pages 53-65

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a,b   Raine, Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Irish coast; Kinsale harbour; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Salt wedge

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033208281     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003848216127     Document Type: Article

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