Seasonal changes in phytoplankton composition and nutrient limitation in a shallow Baltic lagoon

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 551-559

  Pilkaityte, Renata ^a   Razinkovas, Arturas ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 35748939413     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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