Species composition and seasonal changes in macroalgal blooms in lagoons along the southeastern Gulf of California

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-123

  Piñón Gimate, Alejandra ^a   Serviere Zaragoza, Elisa ^b   Ochoa Izaguirre, María Julia ^c   Páez Osuna, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Coastal lagoons; Gulf of California; Macroalgal blooms; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRY SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; TRACKING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA SERTULARIOIDES; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA VERMICULOPHYLLA; MICROCOLEUS LYNGBYACEUS; SPYRIDIA FILAMENTOSA;

EID: 44349138876     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.013     Document Type: Article

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