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Oceanography and Ecology of Phytoplankton in the St.Lawrence Estuary

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Oceanography of a Large-Scale Estuarine System

Part of the book series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies ((COASTAL,volume 39))

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Abstract

This paper examines, in turn, the influence of a number of oceanographic and ecologic factors on the control of phytoplankton production and biomass in estuarine and coastal environments, with particular attention to studies conducted in the St. Lawrence Estuary. These factors are then invoked to explain the differences between the known subregions of the St. Lawrence ecosystem, which have been defined principally on the basis of phytoplankton biomass and primary production criteria.

Contribution to the programs of the Maurice Lamontagne Institute (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) and of GIROQ (Groupe interuniversitaire de recherches océanographiques du Québec).

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    Jean-Claude Therriault & Serge Demers

  2. Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, G1K 7P4, Canada

    Louis Legendre

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Therriault, JC., Legendre, L., Demers, S. (1990). Oceanography and Ecology of Phytoplankton in the St.Lawrence Estuary. In: El-Sabh, M.I., Silverberg, N. (eds) Oceanography of a Large-Scale Estuarine System. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 39. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7534-4_12

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