Tracing river influences on phytoplankton dynamics in two Louisiana estuaries

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2751-2762

  Wissel, Björn ^a,c   Gaçe, Arian ^a,b   Fry, Brian ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Small Grants Program   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Ecohydrology; Estuaries; Mississippi River; Nitrogen; Particulate organic matter; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ECOHYDROLOGY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BARATARIA BASIN; BRETON SOUND; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 26044456353     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1714     Document Type: Article

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