Downwelling and dominance of autochthonous dinoflagellates in the NW Iberian margin: The example of the Ría de Vigo

Harmful Algae

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 770-781

  Crespo, B G ^a   Figueiras, F G ^a   Porras, P ^a   Teixeira, I G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate dominance; Downwelling; NW Iberian upwelling; Reversal circulation; R a de Vigo

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33750503413     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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