Pigment composition and size distribution of phytoplankton in a confined Mediterranean salt marsh ecosystem

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1313-1324

  López Flores, Rocío ^a   Boix, Dani ^a   Badosa, Anna ^a   Brucet, Sandra ^a   Quintana, Xavier D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALTMARSH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33748420350     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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