Autotrophic Picoplankton in a Regulated Coastal River in New South Wales

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 2000, Issue 122, 2000, Pages 79-88

  Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a,b,c   Williams, Simon ^a,d   Kotlash, Amanda ^a,e  

^a AWT Environ Science and Technology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW Environment Protection Authority   (Australia)

^d NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation   (Australia)

^e Blue Mountain City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Hawkesbury Nepean River; Phycoerythrin rich picocyanobacteria; Plankton food webs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346674000     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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