Excessive nutrients select for dinoflagellates in the stratified Patapsco River estuary: Margalef reigns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 220, Issue , 2001, Pages 93-102

  Sellner, K G ^a   Sellner, S G ^a   Lacouture, R V ^a   Magnien, R E ^a  

^a Chesapeake Research Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenophores; Dinoflagellates; Food web; Nuisance algae; Nutrients; Stratification; Turbulence; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

MARYLAND; PATAPSCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035959664     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps220093     Document Type: Article

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