Seasonal microphytobenthos on the hypoxic northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 436, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-66

  Baustian, Melissa M ^a,b,c   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b   Morrison, Wendy L ^b   Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Cyanobacteria; Hypoxia; Microphytobenthos; Mississippi River; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL CYCLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; HYPOXIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80052321925     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09262     Document Type: Article

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