Nutrient limitation on phytoplankton growth in the Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana: Microcosm bioassays

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 958-974

  Ren, Ling ^a,c   Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^b   Morrison, Wendy ^a   Mendenhall, Warren ^a  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barataria estuary; Cyanobacteria; Eutrophication; Harmful algal blooms; Microcosm bioassays; Mississippi River; Nutrient limitation; Phytoplankton growth

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SILICATE; TOXIC ORGANISM;

BARATARIA BASIN; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70350047119     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9174-8     Document Type: Article

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