Response of phytoplankton communities to nitrogen input reduction in mesocosm experiments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 187-199

  Escaravage, V ^a   Prins, T C ^a   Nijdam, C ^a   Smaal, A C ^b   Peeters, J C H ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Diatoms; Mesocosm; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phaeocystis sp.; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LEPTOCYLINDRICUS; LEPTOCYLINDRICUS DANICUS; LEPTOCYLINDRUS DANICUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA; PHAEOCYSTIS; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0033561195     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179187     Document Type: Article

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