Phytoplankton distribution and production along a wide environmental gradient in the South-West Atlantic off Uruguay

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 620, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-61

  Calliari, Danilo ^a,b   Brugnoli, Ernesto ^a   Ferrari, Graciela ^c   Vizziano, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Direccion Nacional de Recursos Acuaticos   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Phytoplankton; Primary production; R o de la Plata; Southwest Atlantic; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ABIOTIC VARIABLES; ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURES; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CTD PROFILES; DEPTH RANGES; DOWNWELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; ESTUARINE WATERS; GEOGRAPHIC ZONES; HIGH PRODUCTIVITIES; HYDROGRAPHIC ZONES; LOW PRODUCTIVITIES; LOW SALINITIES; ORGANIC MATTERS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASSES; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTHS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATERS; SHELF BREAKS; SHELF SLOPES; SLOPE WATERS; SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; STRONG STRATIFICATIONS; TIGHTLY COUPLED; URUGUAY; WIDE AREAS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149203405     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9614-7     Document Type: Article

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