Environmental forcing of phytoplankton in a mediterranean estuary (guadiana estuary, south-western iberia): A decadal study of anthropogenic and climatic influences

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-341

  Barbosa, Ana B ^a   Domingues, Rita B ^a   Galvão, Helena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dam; Estuary; Interannual variation; Light; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE EFFECT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GUADIANA ESTUARY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77952236610     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9200-x     Document Type: Article

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