Impact of the spring 2000 phytoplankton bloom in Chesapeake Bay on optical properties and light penetration in the Rhode River, Maryland

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 508-518

  Gallegos, Charles L ^a   Jordan, Thomas E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPRING (SEASON);

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; RHODE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036699498     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02804886     Document Type: Article

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