Impact of sediment type, light and nutrient availability on benthic diatom communities of a large estuarine bay: Moreton Bay, Australia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-523

  Grinham, Alistair ^a   Gale, Deborah ^b   Udy, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Seqwater   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Chlorophyll a; Diatoms; Moreton Bay; Silt content; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SHORELINE CHANGE; SILT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 82255182576     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9407-7     Document Type: Article

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