Seasonal variation in the flux of microplankton and radiolarian assemblage compositions in the northeastern tropical Atlantic at 2,195 m

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 615-635

  Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a,b   Uliana, Eleonora ^a,b   Wefer, Gerold ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINISCUS; CILIOPHORA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; MOLLUSCA; PHAEODAREA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); TINTINNIDAE;

EID: 0029788746     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.4.0615     Document Type: Article

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