Biogeographical structure of the microphytoplankton assemblages in the region of the subtropical convergence and across a warmcore eddy during austral winter

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-531

  Froneman, P W ^a   Perissinotto, R ^b   Pakhomov, E A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIATOM; EDDIES; MICROPHYTOPLANKTON; MICROPLANKTON ASSEMBLAGES; OCEANIC FRONTS; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

CHAETOCEROS CONSTRICTUS; PLANKTONIELLA SOL; PSEUDOEUNOTIA DOLIOLUS;

EID: 0030617905     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.4.519     Document Type: Article

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