Coccolithophores in the upwelling waters of Portugal: Four years of weekly distribution in Lisbon bay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2601-2613

  Silva, A ^a   Palma, S ^a   Moita, M T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coccolithophores ecology; Iberia upwelling system; Seasonal and interannual changes; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; CORONOSPHAERA MEDITERRANEA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI; RHABDOSPHAERA CLAVIGER; SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA;

EID: 53149109684     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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