Algal turf scrubber (ATS) floways on the Great Wicomico River, Chesapeake Bay: Productivity, algal community structure, substrate and chemistry1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-501

  Adey, Walter H ^a   Laughinghouse, H Dail ^a   Miller, John B ^b   Hayek, Lee Ann C ^a   Thompson, Jesse G ^b   Bertman, Steven ^b   Hampel, Kristin ^b   Puvanendran, Shanmugam ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal Turf Scrubber ; Biochemistry; Nutrient removal; Productivity enhancement; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; STRAMENOCHROMA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878710768     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12056     Document Type: Article

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