Phytoplankton community composition around the Crozet Plateau, with emphasis on diatoms and Phaeocystis

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 18-20, 2007, Pages 2085-2105

  Poulton, Alex J ^a   Mark Moore, C ^b   Seeyave, Sophie ^a   Lucas, Mike I ^a,d   Fielding, Sophie ^c   Ward, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crozet Plateau; Diatoms; Phaeocystis antarctica; Thalassionema nitzschioides

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS;

CROZET PLATEAU; DIATOMS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CROZET ISLANDS; CROZET PLATEAU; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CORETHRON PENNATUM; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

EID: 35349016357     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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