Shift from P to N limitation of phytoplankton growth across the Pearl River estuarine plume during summer

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 221, Issue , 2001, Pages 17-28

  Yin, K ^a   Qian, P Y ^a   Wu, M C S ^a   Chen, J C ^a   Huang, L ^a   Song, X ^a   Jian, W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hong Kong; N:P; N:SI; Northern South China Sea; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient ratios; Pearl River estuary

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035909555     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps221017     Document Type: Article

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