Application of the lognormal equation to assess phytoplankton community structural changes induced by marine eutrophication

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-98

  Tsirtsis, George ^a   Spatharis, Sofie ^a   Karydis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community structure; Lognormal equation; Marine eutrophication; Phytoplankton ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

LOGNORMAL EQUATION; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS;

EUTROPHICATION;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41849145202     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9307-2     Document Type: Article

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