Long-term phytoplankton trends and related water quality trends in the lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, U.S.A

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 349-360

  Marshall, Harold G ^a   Lane, Michael F ^a   Nesius, Kneeland K ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Monitoring; Phytoplankton; Trends; Water quality parameters

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITROGEN;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

WATER QUALITY;

NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0037278140     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021357931767     Document Type: Article

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