Mesoscale features of phytoplankton and planktonic bacteria in a coastal area as induced by external water masses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2000, Pages 15-27

  Casotti, Raffaella ^a   Brunet, Christophe ^a,b   Aronne, Bianca ^c   D'Alcala, Maurizio Ribera ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eddy; Flow cytometry; HPLC; MAW; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOPHYTA; PROCHLOROPHYTES;

EID: 0034737334     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps195015     Document Type: Article

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