Coastal upwelling in the Canary Island region: Spatial variability reflected by the surface sediment diatom record

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-23

  Nave, Sílvia ^a   Freitas, Pedro ^a   Abrantes, Fátima ^a  

^a Instituto Geologico e Mineiro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Diatoms; Dust input; NW Africa; Phytoplankton succession; Surface sediments; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DUST; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS;

AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; NITZSCHIA; RHIZOSOLENIA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0034974567     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(01)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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