Phytoplankton and physicochemical analysis on the water system of the temperate estuary in south America: Bahía blanca estuary, Argentina

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 547-556

  Ginder, V A ^a   Popovich, C A ^b   Perillo, G M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Environmental variables; Mesotidal estuary; Phytoplankton diversity; Southern atlantic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBIDITY;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA;

EID: 84857869556     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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