Phytoplankton and environmental variability in a dam regulated temperate estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-134

  Domingues, Rita B ^a   Galvão, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Guadiana estuary; Light; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Succession

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; LIGHT; NUTRIENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

NUTRIENT LOADINGS; PHYTOPLANKTON SUCCESSION; SEASONAL SUCCESSION;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249103314     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0567-4     Document Type: Article

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