Nanoplanktonic assemblages in the upwelling area off Concepción (∼36°S), central Chile: Abundance, biomass, and grazing potential during the annual cycle

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-434

  Böttjer, Daniela ^a,b   Morales, Carmen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Grazing; Humboldt current system; Nanoplankton; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CHILE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FLAGELLATES; HUMBOLDT CURRENT SYSTEM; NANOPLANKTONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROGRAPHY; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON;

BIO-BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO-BIO]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36049023739     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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