Phytoplankton size structure and environmental forcing within the euphotic zone in the Southern Adriatic-Ionian coastal area

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Sabetta, Letizia ^a   Fiocca, Annita ^a   Margheriti, Lucia ^a   Vignes, Fabio ^a   Basset, Alberto ^a   Mangoni, Olga ^b   Carrada, Gian Carlo ^b   Ruggieri, Nicoletta ^c   Ianni, Carmela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biotic and abiotic forcing; Partitioning of variance; Phytoplankton size structure; Southern Adriatic and Ionian Seas; Spatial constraints

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; EUPHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 5144234905     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540410001664567     Document Type: Article

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