Diatom thanatocoenosis in a middle Galician Ría: Spatial patterns and their relationship to the seasonal diatom cycle in the water column and hydrographic conditions

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2496-2508

  Bernárdez, Patricia ^a,b   Prego, Ricardo ^b   Varela, Manuel ^c   Francés, Guillermo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ferrol; Galicia; R a; Surface sediments; Water column

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTUMN; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CYST; DIATOM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGRAPHY; PHYTOBENTHOS; RIA; STRATIFICATION; THANATOCENOSIS; WATER COLUMN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; LEPTOCYLINDRUS DANICUS; NITZSCHIA LONGISSIMA; PARALIA SULCATA; RHIZOSOLENIA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 51249120289     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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