Seasonal and inter-annual variability of the phytoplankton communities in an upwelling area of the Alborán Sea (SW Mediterranean Sea)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-465

  Mercado, Jesús M ^a   Ramírez, Teodoro ^a   Cortés, Dolores ^a   Sebastián, Marta ^a   Vargas Yáñez, Manolo ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albor n Sea; Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Inter annual variability; Phytoplankton; Upweling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA; LEPTOCYLINDRUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 30044436301     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 02148358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2005.69n4451     Document Type: Article

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