Characterization of spring phytoplankton communities in the Río de La Plata maritime front using pigment signatures and cell microscopy

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1013-1027

  Carreto, J I ^a   Montoya, N G ^a   Benavides, H R ^a   Guerrero, R ^a   Carignan, M O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0344237177     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1147-z     Document Type: Article

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