Dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments from Thermaikos Gulf, Greece: Effects of resuspension events on vertical cyst distribution

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 2585-2596

  Giannakourou, A ^a   Orlova, T Y ^b   Assimakopoulou, G ^a   Pagou, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bottom sediments; Dinoflagellate cysts; Eastern Mediterranean; Phytoplankton blooms; Resuspension; Thermaikos Gulf

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESUSPENSION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; THERMAIKOS GULF; WORLD;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM;

EID: 28444446787     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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