Microalgal biomass in the St Lucia Estuary during the 2004 to 2007 drought period

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 405, Issue , 2010, Pages 147-161

  Perissinotto, Renzo ^a   Pillay, Deena ^a,b   Bate, Guy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Hypersalinity; ISimangaliso Wetlands Park; Microphytobenthos; Phytoplankton; St Lucia Estuary; World Heritage Site

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REDFIELD RATIO; WATER LEVEL; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77954112090     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08542     Document Type: Article

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