Nutrient dynamics and seasonal succession of phytoplankton assemblages in a Southern European Estuary: Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 480-490

  Lopes, C B ^a   Lillebo A I ^a   Dias, J M ^a   Pereira, E ^a   Vale, C ^b   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a; estuaries; nutrients; Portugal, Aveiro, Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33846221560     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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