Algal class abundances, estimated from chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments, in the western Equatorial Pacific under El Nino and non-El Nino conditions

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1461-1483

  Higgins, H W ^a   MacKey, D J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algal classes; CHEMTAX; Equatorial Pacific; HPLC; Phytoplankton; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EL NINO; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHLOROPHYTA; HAPTOPHYTA; PROCHLOROPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034032763     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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