Mesoscale variability in phytoplankton biomass distribution and photosynthetic parameters in the canary-NW African coastal transition zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 197, Issue , 2000, Pages 27-40

  Basterretxea, Gotzon ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Coastal transition zone; Eddies; Filaments; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CANARY ISLANDS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COAST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRESS TOLERANCE; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOMASS; COASTAL WATERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034640275     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps197027     Document Type: Article

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