Structural variations of phytoplankton in the coastal seas of Yucatan, Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 85-102

  Ghinaglia, Luis Troccoli ^a   Herrera Silveira, Jorge A ^b   Comín, Francisco A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Community structure; Environmental heterogeneity; Hydrology; Microphytoplankton; Yucatan peninsula

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

COASTAL ZONES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; THALASSIONEMA;

EID: 3442898034     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026487.78497.b6     Document Type: Article

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