Nutrients, light and phytoplankton succession in a temperate estuary (the Guadiana, south-western Iberia)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 249-260

  Domingues, Rita B ^a   Barbosa, Ana ^a   Galvão, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alqueva dam; Guadiana estuary; Light; Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient ratios; Phytoplankton succession; South western Iberia

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 21744459248     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

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