Phytoplankton and microzooplankton variability between the Subtropical and Polar Fronts south of Australia: Thriving under regenerative and new production in late summer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C12, 2001, Pages 31597-31609

  Kopczynska, Elzbieta E ^a   Dehairs, Frank ^b   Elskens, Marc ^b,d   Wright, Simon ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

FRAGILARIOPSIS PSEUDONANA; PSEUDONITZSCHIA LINEOLA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA LINEOLA;

EID: 0035720462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000278     Document Type: Article

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