Water column stratification and the spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton biomass in Tasman Bay, New Zealand: Implications for aquaculture

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-728

  MacKenzie, Lincoln ^a   Adamson, Janet ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Chlorophyll a; Nepheloid layer; Phytoplankton biomass; Seasonality; Simpson's potential energy anomaly; Stratification; Tasman Bay

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; SEASONALITY; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; TASMAN BAY; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PECTINIDAE;

EID: 7944228684     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2004.9517271     Document Type: Article

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