Seasonal productivity dynamics in the pelagic central Benguela system inferred from the flux of carbonate and silicate organisms

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-278

  Romero, O ^a   Boeckel, B ^a   Donner, B ^a   Lavik, G ^b   Fischer, G ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benguela System; Coccolithophorids; Diatoms; Foraminifera; Particle flux; Southern Africa; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATES; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENTS; SILICATES;

MOORING SITES;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

DIATOM; FORAMINIFERA; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA SYSTEM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0037195736     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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