Phytoplankton community structure and nitrogen nutrition in Leeuwin Current and coastal waters off the Gascoyne region of Western Australia

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 8-10, 2007, Pages 902-924

  Hanson, Christine E ^a,b   Waite, Anya M ^a   Thompson, Peter A ^c   Pattiaratchi, Charitha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHEMTAX; Deep chlorophyll maximum; HPLC; Nitrogen uptake; Oligotrophic; Primary production

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHEMOTAXONOMIC METHODS; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; GASCOYNE PLATFORM; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLORALES;

EID: 34547143250     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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