In the other 90%: Phytoplankton responses to enhanced nutrient availability in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Furnas, Miles ^a   Mitchell, Alan ^a   Skuza, Michele ^a   Brodie, Jon ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Productivity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTION DETECTION; PROTOZOA; REEFS;

DISSOLVED NUTRIENT; GREAT BARRIER REEF (GBR); PHYTOPLANKTONS; REMINERALIZATION;

WATER QUALITY;

ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH; LAGOON; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTOZOON; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUALITY CONTROL; QUEENSLAND; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF LAGOON; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 14844307585     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.11.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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