Variations in the dominant algal bloom-forming species in the western South China Sea from 1993 to 2007

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-380

  Liu, C L ^a,b   Tang, D L ^a   Wang, S F ^a   Nguyen Ngoc, L ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Institute of Oceanography   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chl a concentration; Harmful algal blooms (HABs); Phaeocystis globosa; South China Sea; Trichodesmium erythraeum; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

BINH THUAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 78049490234     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2009.31.3.10.998     Document Type: Article

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