200 000 yr diatom records from Atlantic upwelling sites reveal maximum productivity during LGM and a shift in phytoplankton community structure at 185 000 yr

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-16

  Abrantes, Fatima ^a  

^a Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Last glacial maximum; Productivity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034724052     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00312-X     Document Type: Article

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