Epipellic algae profile of the mixohaline mangrove swamp of Qua Iboe River Estuary (Nigeria)

Environmentalist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Essien, J P ^a   Ubom, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epipellic algae; Mangrove swamp; Mixohaline

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACTINOPTYCHUS UNDULATUS; ALGAE; AMPHORA; AMPHORA OVALIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLOSTERIUM; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYMBELLA; CYMBELLA LANCEOLATA; HALOPHILA; LANCEOLATA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; OSCILLATORIA; PENNALES; PINNULARIA; PINNULARIA VIRIDIS; PLEUROSIGMA; STEPHANODISCUS; TABELLARIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM; ZYGNEMATALES;

EID: 3442891263     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENVR.0000031410.54285.ff     Document Type: Article

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