Vertical variability and diel dynamics of picophytoplankton in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea, in summer

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 346, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-26

  Brunet, Christophe ^a   Casotti, Raffaella ^a   Vantrepotte, Vincent ^b   Conversano, Fabio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DCM; Diel variability; Flow cytometry; Photoadaptation; Picophytoplankton; Pigments; Vertical variability

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIEL VARIATION; ECOTYPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 35748943196     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07017     Document Type: Article

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