Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton biomass, primary production and community structure in the Pontevedra Ria (NW Iberian Peninsula): Oceanographic periods and possible response to environmental changes

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-499

  Varela, Manuel ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Pazos, Yolanda ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INTECMAR Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE MODELING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MINHO RIVER; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 42449095437     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0943-x     Document Type: Article

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