Phytoplankton variability in the Crozet Basin frontal zone (Southwest Indian Ocean) during austral summer

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-261

  Fiala, Michel ^a   Kopczynska, Elzbieta E ^b   Oriol, Louise ^a   MacHado, Maria Cordelia ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyanobacteria; Phytoplankton communities; Postbloom situation; Subantarctic front; Subtropical front

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; FRACTIONATION; RNA;

CYANOBACTERIA; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL WATERS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FRACTIONATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CROZET BASIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYRODINIUM; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OXYTOXUM; OXYTOXUM LATICEPS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROROCENTRUM; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA DELICATISSIMA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 5444239898     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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