Bacterioplankton dynamics along the gradient from highly eutrophic Pearl River Estuary to oligotrophic northern South China Sea in wet season: Implication for anthropogenic inputs

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 726-733

  Zhou, Weihua ^a   Long, Aimin ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b   Chen, Shaoyong ^a,c   Huang, Liangmin ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Cai, Chuanghua ^a   Yan, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Chlorophyll a; Eutrophication; Northern South China Sea; Pearl River Estuary; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; NEARSHORES; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; OFFSHORE WATER; OPEN OCEAN; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; WET SEASON;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; GEMS; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS;

EUTROPHICATION;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUTROPHICATION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHINA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PLANKTON; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 79954569816     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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