Phytoplankton Photopigments as Indicators of Estuarine and Coastal Eutrophication

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 953-964

  Paerl, Hans W ^a   Valdes, Lexia M ^a   Pinckney, James L ^b   Piehler, Michael F ^a   Dyble, Julianne ^a   Moisander, Pia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Coastal eutrophication; Nutrients; Photopigments; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141872911     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0953:PPAIOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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