Dynamics of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent waters of Hong Kong during summer: Preliminary evidence for phosphorus and silicon limitation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 194, Issue , 2000, Pages 295-305

  Yin, Kedong ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a   Chen, Jay C ^a   Hsieh, Dennis P H ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Nutrient dynamics; P limitation; Pearl River estuary; Phytoplankton blooms; Rain; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICON;

CHINA; HONG KONG; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 0034677964     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps194295     Document Type: Article

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