Phytoplankton communities and biomass size structure (fractionated chlorophyll "a"), along trophic gradients of the Basque coast (northern Spain)

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-263

  Garmendia, Maialen ^a   Revilla, Marta ^a   Bald, Juan ^a   Franco, Javier ^a   Laza Martínez, Aitor ^b   Orive, Emma ^b   Seoane, Sergio ^b   Valencia, Victoriano ^a   Borja, Ángel ^a  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Eutrophication; Indicator; Phytoplankton; Size; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FRACTIONATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STATUS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79957562582     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9445-2     Document Type: Article

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