Nutrient limitation in Hong Kong waters inferred from comparison of nutrient ratios, bioassays and 33P turnover times

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 388, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-97

  Xu, Jie ^a   Yin, Kedong ^b,e   Ho, Alvin Y T ^a   Lee, Joseph H W ^c   Anderson, Donald M ^d   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

33p turnover times; Hong kong; Light availability; Nutrient enrichment bioassays; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient ratios; Pearl river discharge; Sewage effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 69849105206     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08098     Document Type: Article

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