Influence of river inflows on plankton distribution around the southern perimeter of the Salton Sea, California

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 576, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-183

  Reifel, Kristen M ^a,b   Swan, Brandon K ^a,c   Olivo, Errel ^a   Watts, James M ^a,d   Trees, Charles C ^a   Hurlbert, Stuart H ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Phytoplankton; Salt lakes; Sulfide; Turbulence; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; NUTRITION; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALT LAKES; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFLOW; MORTALITY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVER FLOW; SALINE LAKE; UNDERCURRENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CHAETOCEROS MUELLERII; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULAX GRINDLEYI; GYRODINIUM UNCATENUM; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; THALASSIONEMA;

EID: 33845873858     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0300-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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