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Distribution of nutrients and phytoplankton in the karstic estuary (the Zrmanja River, eastern Adriatic Sea)

The abundance of phytoplankton and concentration of nutrients were determined in the highly stratified Zrmanja Estuary, eastern Adriatic coast, Croatia, in the period from June 1998 to October 2000. Marine phytoplankton was more abundant in the middle than in the upper reach of the estuary. The Zrmanja river and the estuary are oligotrophic, and orthophosphate was detected as a limiting growth factor in the estuary.

Estuary; nutrients; phytoplankton; stratification; Adriatic Sea

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