Phytoplankton spatial distribution patterns along the western Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 261, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-39

  Garibotti, Irene A ^a   Vernet, María ^b   Ferrario, Martha E ^c   Smith, Raymond C ^d   Ross, Robin M ^d   Quetin, Langdon B ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Palmer LTER; Phytoplankton spatial variability; Seasonal progression; Western Antarctic Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOMONAS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0242456874     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps261021     Document Type: Article

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