Optical and hydrographic consequences of freshwater run-off during spring phytoplankton growth in a Scottish fjord

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1163-1171

  Mckee, David ^a   Cunningham, Alex ^a   Jones, Ken J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROWTH; HYDROGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF;

LOCH ETIVE; SCOTLAND (STRATHCLYDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036847750     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.11.1163     Document Type: Article

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