Phytoplankton and particulate matter at the Weddell/Scotia confluence (47°W) in summer 1989, as a final step of a temporal succession (EPOS project)

Polar Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Socal, G ^a   Nothig E M ^b   Bianchi, F ^a   Boldrin, A ^a   Mathot, S ^c   Rabitti, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BLOOM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; GRAZING PRESSURE; NANOFLAGELLATE; OCEANIC FRONTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WEDDELL/SCOTIA CONFLUENCE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CHAETOCEROS DICHAETA; CRYPTOMONAS; DACTYLIOSOLEN ANTARCTICUS; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS;

EID: 0030619688     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050152     Document Type: Article

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