Temporal patterns of phytoplankton assemblages, size spectra and diversity during the wane of a Phaeocystis globosa spring bloom in hydrologically contrasted coastal waters

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-662

  Schapira, Mathilde ^a   Vincent, Dorothee ^b   Gentilhomme, Valerie ^c   Seuront, Laurent ^a,c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Diversity; Phaeocystis globosa; Phytoplankton; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMONITORING; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIPLONEIS; GUINARDIA STRIATA; MELOSIRA; NAVICULA TRANSITANS; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; RHIZOSOLENIA IMBRICATA;

EID: 46049090980     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001306     Document Type: Article

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