Joint effect of freshwater plume and coastal upwelling on phytoplankton growth off the changjiang river

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-423

  Tseng, Y F ^a   Lin, J ^b   Dai, M ^b   Kao, S J ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING;

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

EID: 84893305727     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-409-2014     Document Type: Article

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