Nutrient addition bioassays as indicators of nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in an eutrophic estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 1999, Pages 95-104

  Holmboe, N ^a   Jensen, H S ^a   Andersen, F O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

480:665 nm ratio; Bioassay; Dilution bioassay; Estuary; Nitrate; Nutrient limitation; Phosphate; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033578584     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps186095     Document Type: Article

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