Nutrient and phytoplankton biomass in the Amazon River shelf waters

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 703-717

  Santos, Maria L S ^a   Muniz, Kátia ^b   Barros Neto, Benício ^b   Araujo, Moacyr ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Continental Shelf; Mathematical modeling; Nitrogen; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349100349     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652008000400011     Document Type: Article

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