Scales and processes in the aggregation of diatom blooms: High time resolution and wide size range records in a mesocosm study

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1233-1253

  Prieto, L ^a,c   Ruiz, J ^b   Echevarria F ^a   Garcia C M ^a   Bartual, A ^a   Galvez J A ^a   Corzo, A ^a   Macias D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; CSP; Diatoms; Image processing; Particle size; TEP

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATTENUATION; COAGULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

HIGH TIME RESOLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AGGREGATION; DIATOM; EXOPOLYMER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE FLUX;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036637733     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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