Phytoplankton community structure responses to urban effluent inputs following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 387, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-146

  Pinckney, James L ^a   Wee, James L ^b   Hou, Aixin ^c   Walker, Nan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ChemTax; Diversity; HPLC; Lake pontchartrain; Pollutant

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; FLOODING; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 68649090705     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08091     Document Type: Article

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