Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (Bacillariophyceae) and dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics in the Ebro Delta (Alfacs Bay, NW Mediterranean Sea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-549

  Loureiro, Sofia ^a   Garcés, Esther ^a   Fernández Tejedor, Margarita ^b   Vaqué, Dolors ^a   Camp, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

experimental research; harmful algal blooms (HABs); microalgae nutrition; organic and inorganic matter

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL CYCLE; BAY; BIOASSAY; DELTA; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH DETERMINATION; INORGANIC MATTER; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANKTON; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; TOXIC ORGANISM;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 67649628448     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.029     Document Type: Article

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