Annual variations of phytoplankton biomass in the Eastern English Channel: Comparison by pigment signatures and microscopic counts

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1423-1440

  Breton, E ^b   Brunet, C ^b   Sautour, B ^a   Brylinski, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19' BUTANOYLOXYFUCOXANTHIN; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOM; FUCOXANTHIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIPURINOL; PERIDININ; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRASINOXANTHIN; SEASONALITY; SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SAMPLING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033866309     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.8.1423     Document Type: Article

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