Noctiluca scintillans Macartney in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Long-term dynamics, relationships with temperature and eutrophication, and role in the food web

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 545-561

  Fonda Umani, S ^a,b   Beran, A ^a   Parlato, S ^a   Virgilio, D ^a   Zollet, T ^a   De Olazabal, A ^a   Lazzarini, B ^a   Cabrini, M ^a  

^a Laboratory of Marine Biology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED TIDE; TEMPERATURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 2342646699     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh045     Document Type: Article

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