Phytoplankton dynamics in relation to environmental changes in a phytoplankton-dominated Mediterranean lagoon (Cabras Lagoon, Italy)

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-169

  Padedda, B M ^a   Pulina, S ^a   Magni, P ^b,c   Sechi, N ^a   Luglie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

coastal lagoons; Cyanophyceae; eutrophication; Mediterranean Sea; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CABRAS LAGOON; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ORISTANO; SARDINIA;

EID: 84891559839     PISSN: 19475721     EISSN: 1947573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475721.2012.716792     Document Type: Article

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