Pelagic and benthic environmental controls on the spatial distribution of a viable diatom propagule bank on the Swedish west coast

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 881-893

  McQuoid, Melissa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Germination; MPN; Phytoplankton; PLS; RDA; Resting stages; Skagerrak; Spores; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PROPAGULE; RESTING STAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; ASTERIONELLOPSIS; ASTERIONELLOPSIS GLACIALIS; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; DETONULA; DETONULA CONFERVACEA; EUKARYOTA; LEPTOCYLINDRUS DANICUS; SKELETONEMA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA MINIMA; THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOELDII;

EID: 0036805882     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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