A novel approach for estimating phytoplankton biodiversity

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 408-417

  Uusitalo, Laura ^a   Fleming Lehtinen, Vivi ^a   Hällfors, Heidi ^a,b   Jaanus, Andres ^c   Hällfors, Seija ^a   London, Lauri ^c  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton; Shannon's index

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84875745686     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss198     Document Type: Article

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