Two high-nutrient low-chlorophyll phytoplankton assemblages: The tropical central pacific and the offshore Perú-Chile current

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1101-1113

  Gomez E ^a   Claustre, H ^b,c   Raimbault, P ^a   Souissi, S ^d  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROPLANKTON; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICON;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION BAY [BIO-BIO]; FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA; RHIZOSOLENIA BERGONII;

EID: 37249033885     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-1101-2007     Document Type: Article

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