Plankton response to nutrient enrichment is maximized at intermediate distances from fish farms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 493, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-42

  Tsagaraki, Tatiana M ^a,b   Pitta, Paraskevi ^a   Frangoulis, Constantin ^a   Petihakis, George ^a   Karakassis, Ioannis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fish farm; IDH; Impact; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Mediterranean Sea; Mesozooplankton; Microplankton; Oligotrophic conditions; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLAGELLATE; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; MICROPLANKTON; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; CYPRUS; GREECE; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORTHERN AEGEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84888877363     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10520     Document Type: Article

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