Seasonal pigment patterns of surface phytoplankton in the subtropical southern hemisphere

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1687-1703

  Barlow, R ^a   Stuart, V ^b   Lutz, V ^c   Sessions, H ^a   Sathyendranath, S ^d   Platt, T ^b   Kyewalyanga, M ^e   Clementson, L ^f   Fukasawa, M ^g   Watanabe, S ^g   Devred, E ^b  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phytoplankton; Pigment indices; Seasons; Southern hemisphere; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEAWATER;

PIGMENT INDICES; SEASONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DOMINANCE; FLAGELLATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 36749004342     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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