Seasonal variations in phytoplankton composition and transparent exopolymer particles in a eutrophicated coastal environment

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-82

  Ramaiah, Neelam ^a,b   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIO Quarter ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Eutrophic Tokyo Bay; Heterosigma; Phytoplankton blooms; TEP

Indexed keywords

AKASHIWO; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETEROSIGMA; HETEROSIGMA AKASHIWO; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0037184546     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030069     Document Type: Article

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