Phytoplankton dynamics and primary production under late summer conditions in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1131-1149

  Marty, Jean Claude ^a,b   Garcia, Nicole ^c   Raimbault, Patrick ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Primary production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DYFAMED; HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (PP); TIME SERIES;

PEST CONTROL;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLORALES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 48349100897     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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