Surface distribution of microphytoplankton of the south-west Indian Ocean along a repeat transect between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 124-129

  Froneman, P W ^a   Pakhomov, E A ^a   Meaton, V ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLORPHYLL A; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

(SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN;

CHAETICEROS CONSTRICTUS; CHAETOCEROS CONSTRICTUS; CHAETOCEROS NEGLECTUM; CHAETOCEROS PERUVIANUS; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDOEUNOTIA DOLIOLUS;

EID: 0031778544     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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