Spatial distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts in polluted estuarine sediments from Buzzards Bay (Massachusetts, USA) embayments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 292, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-40

  Pospelova, Vera ^a,b   Chmura, Gail L ^a   Boothman, Warren S ^c   Latimer, James S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apponagansett Bay; Dinoflagellate cyst; Eutrophication; Heavy metals; New Bedford Harbor; PCBs; Sewage; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; PCB; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BUZZARDS BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 20444484873     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps292023     Document Type: Article

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