Nutrient limitation in the lower Housatonic River estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 831-840

  Klug, Jennifer L ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOASSAY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

HOUSATONIC RIVER; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 33751087065     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02786534     Document Type: Article

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