Distribution and downward flux of Trichodesmium in the South China Sea as influenced by the transport from the Kuroshio Current

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 259, Issue , 2003, Pages 47-57

  Chen, Yuh Ling Lee ^a   Chen, Houng Yung ^a   Lin, Yen Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downward flux; Kuroshio; Nitracline; Sediment trap; South China Sea; Temperature; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLINE; CURRENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0141925434     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps259047     Document Type: Article

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