Seasonal variations of phytoplankton biomass and environmental conditions in the inner Boka Kotorska Bay (Eastern Adriatic sea)

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-55

  Krivokapić, Sladana ^a   Stanković, Živko ^b   Vuksanović, Nenad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Marine Biology   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Chlorophyll a; Eutrophication; Nutrients; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149183304     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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