Analysis of phytoplankton of the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean: Comparisons of microscopy and size frequency data with interpretations of pigment HPLC data using the 'CHEMTAX' matrix factorisation program

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 285-298

  Wright, S W ^a   Thomas, D P ^b,d   Marchant, H J ^a   Higgins, H W ^c   Mackey, M D ^c,e   Mackey, D J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Australian Antarctic Division   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; CHEMTAX; Microscopy; Phytoplankton; Pigment HPLC; Size analysis; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMTAX; CHEMTAX PROGRAM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS; SIZE-FREQUENCY DATA;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, AUSTRALIAN SECTOR;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030302922     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps144285     Document Type: Article

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