Monitoring phytoplankton populations and water quality parameters in estuarine rivers of Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-64

  Marshall, Harold G ^a   Burchardt, Lubomira ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Monitoring; Phytoplankton; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; JAMES RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PAMUNKEY RIVER; RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 29544449148     PISSN: 1730413X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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