Seasonality of algal pigments in the sea water and interstitial water/sediment system of an eastern mediterranean coastal area

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 415-426

  Metaxatos, A ^a   Ignatiades, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Algal pigments; Euboikos gulf; HPLC; Interstitial water sediment system

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; PIGMENT; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036708898     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0915     Document Type: Article

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