Phytoplankton biomass, cell diameter, and species composition in the low salinity zone of northern San Francisco Bay Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-230

  Lehman, P W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; NANNOCHLORIS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS FORBESI; SINOCALANUS DOERRII; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034042087     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352829     Document Type: Article

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