Monitoring phytoplankton assemblages in estuarine waters: The application of pigment analysis and microscopy to size-fractionated samples

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-354

  Seoane, S ^a   Laza, A ^a   Orive, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Nervion River estuary; Phytoplankton size classes; Pigments

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; NERVION ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33644978236     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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