A decadal decline in relative abundance and a shift in microphytoplankton composition at a long-term coastal station off southeast Australia

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 519-531

  Ajani, Penelope A ^a   Allen, Andrew P ^a   Ingleton, Tim ^b   Armand, Leanne K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT HACKING; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84895887362     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0519     Document Type: Article

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