Effect of wind events on phytoplankton blooms in the Pearl River estuary during summer

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1909-1923

  Yin, Kedong ^a,b   Zhang, Jianlin ^b   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a   Jian, Weijun ^b   Huang, Liangmin ^b   Chen, Jianfang ^c   Wu, Madeline C S ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll size fractionation; Pearl River estuary; Phytoplankton productivity; Winds

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ALGAE;

EID: 7444225934     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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