Variable responses within epiphytic and benthic microalgal communities to nutrient enrichment

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 569, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 423-435

  Armitage, Anna R ^a   Frankovich, Thomas A ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Florida Bay; HPLC; Microphytobenthos; Seagrass; Subtropical estuaries

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUTRITION;

CHEMOTAXONOMY; FLORIDA BAY; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; SEAGRASS; SUBTROPICAL ESTUARIES;

ALGAE;

BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EPIPHYTE; GRASS; GREEN ALGA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PIGMENT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; RHODOPHYTA; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 33746733511     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0146-8     Document Type: Article

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