The summertime plankton community at South Georgia (Southern Ocean): Comparing the historical (1926/1927) and modern (post 1995) records

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-256

  Ward, Peter ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^a   Whitehouse, Mick J ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Interannual variability; Long term change; Marine plankton communities; Physical oceanography; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ALGAE CONTROL; AQUACULTURE; CURVE FITTING; FISHERIES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PEST CONTROL; PHYTOPLANKTON; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT (ACC); BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY (BAS); CENTURY (CO); DEEP OCEANS; FRONTAL SYSTEM; GEORGIA (CO); INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY (IAV); OCEANIC WATERS; PLANKTON SAMPLING; SOUTHERN OCEAN (SO); WATER MASSES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; FEEDING GROUND; HISTORICAL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; CURVES; DATA; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FISHES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PEST CONTROL; PLANKTON; STANDARDS; SURVEYS; WATER;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALANOIDES ACUTUS; CETACEA; CORETHRON; CTENOCALANUS VANUS; DREPANOPUS FORCIPATUS; FORAMINIFERA; NITZSCHIA SERIATA; OITHONA;

EID: 48749090711     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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