Phytoplankton dynamics in a highly eutrophic estuary in tropical Brazil

The port of Recife in northeastern Brazil is an important ecological and social area but little is known about its environmental quality. Observations, sampling and measurements of phytoplankton were performed during spring and neap tides in the dry (January-February, 2005) and rainy (June, 2005) se...

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Main Authors: Marilene Felipe Santiago, Maria da Glória Gonçalves da Silva-Cunha, Sigrid Neumann-Leitão, Kátia Muniz Pereira da Costa, Gislayne Cristina Borges Palmeira, Fernando de Figueiredo Porto Neto, Fabiana Santana Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592010000300002