Long-term changes in phytoplankton phenology and community structure in the Bahía Blanca Estuary, Argentina

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2703-2716

  Guinder, Valeria A ^a   Popovich, Cecilia A ^b   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^c   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHENOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA SP.; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA CURVISERIATA; THALASSIOSIRA MINIMA;

EID: 78449240285     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1530-5     Document Type: Article

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