Ecology of coccolithophores in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-45

  Mohan, Rahul ^a   Mergulhao, Lina P ^c   Guptha, M V S ^d   Rajakumar, A ^b   Thamban, M ^a   AnilKumar, N ^a   Sudhakar, M ^a   Ravindra, Rasik ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

assemblage; austral summer; coccolithophores; nutrients; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NUTRIENT; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 40849120043     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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