Mesoscale distribution of dominant diatom species relative to the hydrographical field along the Antarctic Polar Front

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3835-3848

  Smetacek, Victor ^a   Klaas, Christine ^b   Menden Deuer, Susanne ^c   Rynearson, Tatiana A ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; DIATOM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

ATLANTICUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS ATLANTICUS; COPEPODA; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA LINEOLA; THALASSIOTHRIX; THALASSIOTHRIX ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036376174     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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