Late summer diatom biomass and community structure on and around the naturally iron-fertilised Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5-7, 2008, Pages 653-676

  Armand, Leanne K ^a   Cornet Barthaux, Veronique ^a   Mosseri, Julie ^a   Quéguiner, Bernard ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Biomass; Cell abundance; Chaetoceros; Diatoms; Eucampia; Heard Island; Indian Sector; Kerguelen Island; Kerguelen Plateau; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CELL ABUNDANCE; CHAETOCEROS; DIATOMS; EUCAMPIA;

BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; IRON; PLATEAU;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INDIAN SECTOR; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; EUCAMPIA; EUCAMPIA ANTARCTICA; FRAGILARIOPSIS PSEUDONANA; HYALOCHAETE; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 43049181910     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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