Total and opportunistic algal cover in relation to environmental variables

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1-6, 2007, Pages 114-125

  Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Carstensen, Jacob ^b,c   Dahl, Karsten ^b  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cover; Denmark; Eutrophication; Macroalgae; Opportunistic algae; Salinity

Indexed keywords

COVER; DENMARK; MACROALGAE; OPPORTUNISTIC ALGAE; SALINITY;

ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

WATER;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SAMPLING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; NORTH SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE;

EID: 33751171281     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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