Discrimination between the influences of river discharge and coastal upwelling on summer microphytoplankton phosphorus stress in the East China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-112

  Liu, Hung Chun ^a   Shih, Chi Yu ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a,b   Ho, Tung Yuan ^c   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^c   Hsieh, Chih hao ^d   Chang, Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase activity; Changjiang discharge; Coastal upwelling; East China Sea; Microphytoplankton; Phosphate stress

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROPLANKTON; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; UPWELLING;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84878348269     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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