Seasonal and interannual variation of coccolithophore fluxes and species composition in sediment traps north of Gran Canaria (29 °N 15 °W)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 157-178

  Sprengel, Claudia ^a   Baumann, Karl Hein ^a   Neuer, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Coccolith carbonate flux; Coccolithophore flux; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON FLUX; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NANNOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA ERICSONII; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033918836     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00019-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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