Responses of phytoplankton and Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellate zoospores to nutrient enrichment in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 192, Issue , 2000, Pages 65-78

  Pinckney, James L ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^b   Haugen, Elin ^c   Tester, Patricia A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Growth; Mesocosm; North Carolina; Nutrient; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOXIC ORGANISM; WATER QUALITY;

NEUSE RIVER ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PFIESTERIA-LIKE DINOFLAGELLATE;

EID: 0342980246     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps192065     Document Type: Article

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