Responses of estuarine bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and zooplankton to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and inorganic nutrient additions

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-91

  Hitchcock, James N ^a   Mitrovic, Simon M ^a,b   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^c   Westhorpe, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Dissolved organic carbon; Estuaries; Inflows; Limitation; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; INFLOW; INORGANIC MATTER; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER ESTUARY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75849159983     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9229-x     Document Type: Article

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