Picocyanobacteria distribution in the Ebro Estuary (Spain)

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-246

  Pérez, María Del Carmen ^a,c   Carrillo, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cyanobacteria; Ebro; Estuary; Phytoplankton; Picoplankton; Spain

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 28044465702     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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