Hydrodynamic and tidal controls of small-scale phytoplankton patchiness

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 302, Issue , 2005, Pages 93-101

  Seuront, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patchiness; Phaeocystis globosa; Phytoplankton; Sampling; Tide; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PATCHINESS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 28444447110     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps302093     Document Type: Article

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