Chlorophyll a, nutrients and phytoplanktonic community in a continental ecosystem highly influenced by marine waters

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-38

  Martínez Guijarro, Remedios ^a   Romero, Inmaculada ^a   Pachés, María ^a   Martí, Carmen M ^a   Ferrer, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Freshwater flow; Mediterranean Sea; Nutrient; Phytoplankton community composition; Stratified estuary

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84874461156     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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