Comparisons of assemblages of phytoplankton between open water and seagrass habitats in a shallow coastal lagoon

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 447-456

  Cummins, S P ^a,b   Roberts, D E ^a,c   Ajani, P ^d   Underwood, A J ^b  

^a Wyong Shire Council   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Bio Anal Mar Estuarine F   (Australia)

^d Environmental Science Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bloom; Estuary; Patchiness; Spatial scale; Variance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; NITZSCHIA; NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA MEGACARPA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 4544292623     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04017     Document Type: Article

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