Physiological responses of Aureoumbra lagunensis and Synechococcus sp. to nitrogen addition in a mesocosm experiment

Harmful Algae

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  DeYoe, Hudson R ^a   Buskey, Edward J ^b   Jochem, Frank J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureoumbra; Brown tide; Harmful algal bloom; Mesocosm; Nitrogen; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOUMBRA; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33845963690     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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