Sea surface distribution of coccolithophores in the eastern Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean (Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas) during the late austral summer of 2001

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-25

  Gravalosa, José M ^a   Flores, José Abel ^a   Sierro, Francisco J ^a   Gersonde, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; coccolithophores; Polar Front; Southern Ocean; Subantarctic Front; Subantarctic, Pacific

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COCCOLITH; POLAR FRONT; SEA SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 52049092754     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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