Phytoplankton Forcing by a Record Freshwater Discharge Event into a Large Lagoonal Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1344-1352

  Ramus, J ^a   Eby, L A ^a   McClellan, C M ^a   Crowder, L B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FRESHWATER INPUT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HURRICANE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0348019122     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803636     Document Type: Article

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