Effect of a simulated oil spill on natural assemblages of marine phytoplankton enclosed in microcosms

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Gonzalez J ^a   Figueiras, F G ^b   Aranguren Gassis, M ^a   Crespo, B G ^b,d   Fernandez E ^a   Moran X A G ^c   Nieto Cid, M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Galicia; microcosms; oil spills; phytoplankton assemblages; Prestige

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROCOSM; OIL SPILL; PAH; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67349230601     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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