Phytoplankton assemblage of a solar saltern in Port Fouad, Egypt

Oceanologia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 687-700

  Madkour, Fedekar Fadel ^a   Gaballah, Mona Mohamed ^b  

^a Port Said University   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological system; Halotolerant; Phytoplankton; Port fouad; Salinity gradient; Solar salterns

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EGYPT; PORT FUAD; PORT SAID [EGYPT];

EID: 84869777784     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.54-4.687     Document Type: Article

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