Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Al Najjar, Tariq ^a   Badran, Mohammad I ^a   Richter, Claudio ^b   Meyerhoefer, Michael ^c   Sommer, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Meereskunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqaba; CHEMTAX Gulf; Chlorophyll a; HPLC; Nutrients; Pigments; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS; SEAWATER;

AQABA; CHEMTAX GULF; CHLOROPHYLL A; RED SEA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAL COMMUNITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; SUCCESSION; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846945083     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0365-z     Document Type: Article

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