Phytoplankton composition, growth and production in the Guadiana estuary (SW Iberia): Unraveling changes induced after dam construction

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 300-313

  Domingues, Rita B ^a   Barbosa, Ana B ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^b   Galvão, Helena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Dam construction; Estuaries; Light; Nutrients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CYANOBACTERIA BLOOMS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; ESTUARINE ZONES; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MAIN COMPONENT; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SW IBERIA; UNIMODAL;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAMS; ESTUARIES; LIGHT; NUTRIENTS; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DIATOM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORTUGAL; RAIN; RIVERS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS;

GUADIANA ESTUARY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84856225120     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.043     Document Type: Article

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