Effects of ammonia in pulp mill effluents on estuarine phytoplankton assemblages: Field descriptive and experimental results

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 343-367

  Livingston, Robert J ^a   Prasad, Akshithala K ^a   Niu, Xufeng ^a   McGlynn, Sean E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; High salinity estuaries; Light transmission; Phytoplankton; Pulp mill; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0036888532     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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