Assessment and significance of phytoplankton species composition within Chesapeake Bay and Virginia tributaries through a long-term monitoring program

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 143-155

  Marshall, Harold G ^a   Lane, Michael F ^a   Nesius, Kneeland K ^a   Burchardt, Lubomira ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Long term trends; Phytoplankton; Virginia; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CHLOROPHYTES; LONG TERM TRENDS; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MONITORING PROGRAMS; OXYGEN SOURCES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES; SUB DOMINANTS; TIME PERIODS; VIRGINIA; WATER CLARITIES;

ALGAE; ALGAE CONTROL; ATOMIC PHYSICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEAWATER; VIRGINIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 60349107513     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0680-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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