
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Revelante, N 
A1  - Gilmartin, M 
T1  - Characteristics of the Microplankton and Nanoplankton Communities of an Australian Coastal Plain Estuary
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
SP  - 9
EP  - 18
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9780009 
N2  - The relative importance of micro- and nanoplankton was evaluated in the Parramatta Estuary and Sydney Harbour, a culturally eutrophicated southern hemisphere estuarial complex, during a non- upwelling period following an extended drought. Nanoplankton : microplankton production ratios increased to 4.2 in the inner estuary, where the nanoplankton were dominant under conditions of increased nutrient supply. Primary production rates and chlorophyll a standing crops increased about 40-fold into the estuary, reaching 175 mg C m-3 h-1 and 19 mg chl a m-3 respectively. Outer, middle, and inner estuarial regions were distinct, and clearly defined by phytoplankton community characteristics and species distribution. All dominants and co-dominants were neritic temperate species ubiquitous in the estuary, but less abundant microplankton species of tropical origin were the most useful as indicator species of the extent of oceanic influence. 
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