Particulate suspended matter concentrations in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina: Implication for the development of phytoplankton blooms

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Guinder, Valeria A ^a   Popovich, Cecilia A ^b   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bah a Blanca Estuary; light availability; phytoplankton bloom; suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70349733044     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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