Phytoplankton dynamics during the spring bloom in the south-eastern English Channel

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 469-483

  Brunet, C ^a,d   Brylinski, J M ^a   Bodineau, L ^b   Thoumelin, G ^b   Bentley, D ^c   Hilde, D ^a  

^a Station Marine   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Cnam Intechmer   (France)

^d STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ecohydrodynamics; English Channel; Phaeocystis sp.; photosynthetic pigments; physiologicalindices

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS;

ALGAL BLOOMS; BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRING;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 0030251374     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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