Vertical distribution of marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp. in the Black, Marmara, Aegean, and eastern Mediterranean seas

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 17-19, 2006, Pages 1976-1987

  Uysal, Zahit ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abundance; Black Sea; Distribution; Mediterranean; Sea of Marmara; Synechococcus spp

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CYANOBACTERIA SYNECHOCOCCUS; HALOCLINE; SUBSURFACE CHLOROPHYLL-A MAXIMUM LAYER (SCML);

BACTERIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33748912898     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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