Phytoplankton growth rates in the freshwater tidal reaches of the Schelde estuary (Belgium) estimated using a simple light-limited primary production model

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 540, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 127-140

  Muylaert, Koenraad ^a   Tackx, Micky ^b   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Freshwater tidal estuary; Phytoplankton; Production

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBIDITY;

BRACKISH WATER; EUPHOTIC DEPTH RATIO; GROWTH RATES; PHYTOPLANKTONS; PRODUCTION MODEL; SALINITY CONCENTRATION LEVELS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FRESHWATER; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 21144441282     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7128-5     Document Type: Article

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