Intra-annual Variability in Primary Producer Groups and Nitrogen Dynamics in an Intermittently Closed Estuary Exposed to Mediterranean Climate

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-568

  Haese, Ralf R ^a   Pronk, Geertje J ^a,b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estuary; Microphytobenthos; Model; Primary production; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WILSON INLET;

ALGAE;

EID: 79953167817     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9363-5     Document Type: Article

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