Seasonal and interannual variability of size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and community structure at station Kerfix, off the Kerguelen Islands, Antarctica

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1341-1356

  Fiala, Michel ^a   Kopczynska, Elzbieta E ^b   Jeandel, Catherine ^c   Oriol, Louise ^a   Vetion, Gilles ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROROCENTRUM; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TAXONOMY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; KERFIX; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYRODINIUM; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM; PROTOPERIDINIUM;

EID: 0031926028     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.7.1341     Document Type: Article

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