Phytoplankton reference communities for Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-159

  Buchanan, Claire ^a   Lacouture, Richard V ^b   Marshall, Harold G ^c   Olson, Marcia ^d   Johnson, Jacqueline M ^e  

^a Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin   (United States)

^b Estuarine Research Center   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chesapeake Bay Office   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER QUALITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15744402953     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02732760     Document Type: Article

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