Picoplankton community structure along the northern Iberian continental margin in late winter-early spring

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1069-1081

  Calvo Díaz, Alejandra ^a   Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a   Nogueira, Enrique ^a   Bode, Antonio ^b   Varela, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PICOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4644318798     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh098     Document Type: Article

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