Phytoplankton summer bloom dynamics in the Bahía Blanca Estuary in relation to changing environmental conditions

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-158

  Guinder, Valeria A ^a   Popovich, Cecilia A ^b   Molinero, Juan Carlos ^c   Marcovecchio, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Dredging activities; Physico chemical modifications; Phytoplankton summer blooms; Resuspension; Temperate estuary; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; TURBIDITY;

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

ACARTIA TONSA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CERATAULINA PELAGICA; COPEPODA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA STRIATA; EURYTEMORA AMERICANA; PARALIA SULCATA; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA MINIMA;

EID: 84872164033     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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