A Decade of Change in the Skidaway river estuary. III. Plankton

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 513-540

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Borkman, David G ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Copepods; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Long term data; Nutrients; Plankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANKTON; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GEORGIA; SKIDAWAY ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; SPARTINA;

EID: 77952237873     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9208-2     Document Type: Article

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