Assemblages of coccolithophorids and other living microplankton off the coast of Puerto Rico during January-May 1995

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 113-130

  Jordan, R W ^a   Winter, A ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Coccolithophorids; Microplankton; Orinoco River; Puerto Rico; Seasonality; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PUERTO RICO; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICS;

COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PUERTO RICO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CLAVIGERA; COCCOLITHOPHORACEAE; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; DISCOSPHAERA; DISCOSPHAERA TUBIFERA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; RHABDOSPHAERA; RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGERA; TUBIFERA; UMBELLOSPHAERA IRREGULARIS; UMBELLOSPHAERA TENUIS;

EID: 0033935019     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00017-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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