Nutrient and phytoplankton biomass in the Amazon River shelf waters

The Amazon River estuary is notable at the Amazon Continental Shelf, where the presence of the large amount of water originating from the Amazon during the river's falling discharge period was made evident by the low salinity values and high nutrient levels. Even so, the presence of oceanic wat...

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Main Authors: Maria L.S. Santos, Kátia Muniz, Benício Barros-Neto, Moacyr Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2008-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652008000400011