Phytoplankton composition of the Ebro River estuary, Spain

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-27

  Del Carmen Pérez, María ^a   Maidana, Nora I ^b   Comas, Augusto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Centro de Estudios Ambientales   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Ebro; Estuary; Phytoplankton; Spain; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 68149169730     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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