Phytoplankton distribution and productivity in a highly turbid, tropical coastal system (Bach Dang Estuary, Vietnam)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2317-2329

  Rochelle Newall, E J ^a   Chu, V T ^b   Pringault, O ^a   Amouroux, D ^c   Arfi, R ^d   Bettarel, Y ^a   Bouvier, T ^a   Bouvier, C ^a   Got, P ^a   Nguyen, T M H ^b   Mari, X ^a   Navarro, P ^c   Duong, T N ^b   Cao, T T T ^b   Pham, T T ^b   Ouillon, S ^e   Torreton J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (IMER)   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Mercury; Organometallic species (Hg and Sn); Organotin; Phytoplankton diversity; Phytoplankton bacterioplankton coupling; Primary and bacterial production; Tropical estuaries

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DRY SEASONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; INORGANIC MERCURY; INORGANIC METALS; LOW SALINITY; METALLIC CONTAMINANTS; METHYL MERCURY; ORGANOTINS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; RED RIVER; TRIBUTYLTIN; VIET NAM; WET SEASON;

BACTERIA; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIN;

ALGAE CONTROL;

METHYLMERCURY;

BIODIVERSITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; METHYLMERCURY; NUTRIENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82455185007     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.044     Document Type: Article

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