Ecosystem history of Mississippi River-influenced continental shelf revealed through preserved phytoplankton pigments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 537-547

  Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Atilla, Nazan ^a   Normandeau, Claire ^b   Eugene Turner, R ^c  

^a Louisiana Marine Consortium   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; HPLC; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Phytoplankton community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ESTUARIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKES; PIGMENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

CAROTENOIDS; CYNOBACTERIAS; MISSISSIPI RIVER; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; FUCOXANTHIN; PIGMENT; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 5144225022     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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