Phytoplankton and macrofauna in the low salinity ponds of a productive solar saltworks: Spatial variability of community structure and its major abiotic determinants

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Evagelopoulos, A ^a   Spyrakos, E ^a   Koutsoubas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community structure; Confinement; Eutrophication; Inorganic nutrients; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955068227     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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