Distribution of spring phytoplankton (mainly diatoms) in the upper 50 m of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (30-61°S)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1107-1128

  Olguín, Héctor F ^a,b   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a,b,c   Lange, Carina B ^d   Brandini, Frederico ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRANSECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33947126413     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl045     Document Type: Article

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