Responses of the phytoplankton community growth rate to nutrient pulses in variable estuarine environments

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 1455-1463

  Pinckney, James L ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^b   Harrington, Monica B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Estuary; Eutrophication; Growth rate; HPLC; Mesocosm; North Carolina; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

CAROLINA; NEUSE RIVER ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033391783     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561455.x     Document Type: Article

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