Phytoplankton response to high salinity and nutrient limitation in the eastern Adriatic marine lakes

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-505

  Carić, Marina ^a   Jasprica, Nenad ^a   ČAlić, Marijeta ^a   Batistić, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Eutrophication; Hydrography; Marine lakes; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOMINANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA;

ALEXANDRIUM; AMPHORA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA LONGISSIMA; OXYRRHIS; OXYRRHIS MARINA; SCRIPPSIELLA; TETRASELMIS;

EID: 79960785585     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3493     Document Type: Article

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