Seasonal dynamics of picoplankton in shelf waters of the southern Bay of Biscay

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-174

  Calvo Díaz, Alejandra ^a   Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autotrophic picoplankton; Bay of Biscay; Cantabrian Sea; Continental shelf; Heterotrophic bacteria; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33645329089     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame042159     Document Type: Article

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