N:Si:P atomic ratio in the Santa Cruz channel, Itamaracá-PE (Northeast Brazil): A nyctemeral variation

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-124

  Montes, Manuel De Jesús Flores ^a   De Macêdo, Silvio José ^a   Koening, Maria Luise ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dissolved nutrients; Estuary; N:Si:P atomic ratio; Nyctemeral variation

Indexed keywords

CATUAMA;

EID: 33646015509     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132002000200002     Document Type: Article

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