Long-term changes in temperate Australian coastal waters: Implications for phytoplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-19

  Thompson, P A ^a   Baird, M E ^b   Ingleton, T ^c   Doblin, M A ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Climate change; Nutrients; Salinity; Stratification; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 71849085401     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08297     Document Type: Article

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