Phytoplankton and pigment distributions in an anticyclonic slope water oceanic eddy (SWODDY) in the southern Bay of Biscay

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 995-1011

  Rodriguez F ^a   Varela, M ^b   Fernandez E ^c   Zapata, M ^d  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d CIMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDDY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0345099392     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1129-1     Document Type: Article

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