Nitrogen versus phosphorus limitation of phytoplankton growth in Ten Mile Creek, Florida, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Lin, Youjian ^a,b   He, Zhenli ^a   Yang, Yuangen ^a,c   Stoffella, Peter J ^a   Phlips, Edward J ^d   Powell, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton biomass; Water turbidity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER TURBIDITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBIDITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEN MILE CREEK [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 41849141519     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9360-x     Document Type: Article

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