Seasonal survey of the phytoplankton biomass, composition and production in a littoral NW Mediterranean site, with special emphasis on the picoplanktonic contribution

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 199-212

  Charles, François ^a   Lantoine, François ^a   Brugel, Sonia ^b   Chrétiennot Dinet, Marie Josèphe ^a   Quiroga, Isabel ^a   Rivière, Béatrice ^c  

^a Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls Mer   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Ecological successions; Picophytoplankton; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BANYULS SUR MER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; PYRENEES-ORIENTALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 25144494010     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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