Phytoplankton community structure defined by key environmental variables in Tagus estuary, Portugal

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 616-628

  Brogueira, Maria José ^a   Oliveira, Maria do Rosário ^a   Cabeçadas, Graça ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Nutrients; Phytoplankton structure; Productive period; Salinity; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL (GLM); PHYTOPLANKTON STRUCTURES; PRODUCTIVE PERIOD; SPATIAL SCALES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

PHOSPHORUS; SILICATE;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORTUGAL; SALINITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 35148825027     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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