Phytoplankton response to water quality seasonality in a Brazilian neotropical river

Igor Lima Aboim1, Doriedson Ferreira Gomes2, Paulo Oliveira Mafalda Junior3

  • 1Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Plâncton (LABPLAN), Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s/n, Campus Universitário de Ondina, Salvador, BA, 40170-115, Brazil. igoraboim@gmail.com.

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