Galveston Bay ecosystem freshwater requirements and phytoplankton productivity.
Date
1973
Authors
Armstrong, N.E.
Hinson, M.O., Jr.
Journal Title
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Publisher
University of Texas, Marine Science Institute.
Abstract
Salinity and temperature are interrelated in controlling population distributions of the six common organisms of Galveston Bay. Requirements for freshwater inflows were established. The laboratory bioassay data (first set) show that growth rates of the test organism, Dunaliella (a green flagellate), in water taken from Galveston Bay in April, 1972 could be increased by the addition of large amounts of nitrate or phosphate.
Description
p. II-1 to II-98
Keywords
ecosystems, Dunaliella sp., phytoplankton, salinity, bioassays, primary production, temperature, population dynamics, inflow, river discharge, biological production, secondary production