Phytoplankton dynamics related to water mass properties in the Gulf of Gabes: Ecological implications

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Bel Hassen, M ^a   Drira, Z ^a,b   Hamza, A ^a   Ayadi, H ^b   Akrout, F ^a   Messaoudi, S ^a   Issaoui, H ^c   Aleya, Lotfi ^d   Bouaïn, Abderrahmen ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Water; Gulf of Gabes; Mediterranean Water; Photosynthetic pigments; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PAINT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYTES; GULF OF GABES; MEAN VALUES; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; TOTAL CHLOROPHYLLS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASSES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SALINITY; SILICA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE;

EID: 58049211902     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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