Decadal basin-scale changes in diatoms, dinoflagellates, and phytoplankton color across the North Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1244-1253

  Leterme, S C ^a,b   Edwards, M ^a   Seuront, L ^c,d   Attrill, M J ^b   Reid, P C ^a   John, A W G ^a  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; INDEX METHOD; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 22844431893     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1244     Document Type: Article

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