Phytoplankton pigment variations during the transition from spring bloom to oligotrophy in the northwestern Mediterranean sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-445

  Vidussi, Francesca ^a   Marty, Jean Claude ^a   Chiavérini, Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton; Pigments

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHROMOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0342905010     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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