Responses of coastal osmotrophic planktonic communities to simulated events of turbulence and nutrient load throughout a year

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-600

  Guadayol, Òscar ^a,b   Marrasé, Cèlia ^a   Peters, Francesc ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^a   Roldá, NCristina ^a   Sabata, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; TURBIDITY; TURBULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67649157955     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp019     Document Type: Article

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