Phytoplankton distribution and photosynthesis dynamics in the Chubut River estuary (Patagonia, Argentina) throughout tidal cycles

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Walter Helbling, E ^a,b   Pérez, Daniel E ^a   Medina, César D ^a   Lagunas, Marcos G ^a   Villafañe, Virginia E ^a,b  

^a Estacion de Fotobiologia Playa Union   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROPLANKTON; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER COLUMN;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; CHUBUT ESTUARY;

EID: 75749122614     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.1.0055     Document Type: Article

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