Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A complex global issue, examples from the Arabian seas including Kuwait bay, and an introduction to the global ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms (GEOHAB) programme

International Journal of Oceans and Oceanography

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-169

  Glibert, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; GEOHAB; HABs; Harmful algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 77952680666     PISSN: 09732667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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