Morphometric variability in the diatom Fragilariopsis kerguelensis: Implications for Southern Ocean paleoceanography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 526-544

  Cortese, G ^a   Gersonde, R ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

biogenic silica; diatom; export production; morphometry; nutrient; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR FRONT (APF); BIOGENIC SILICA; DIATOMS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BIOMETRICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMETRY; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; INTERGLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS;

EID: 34247572841     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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