Phytoplankton-pigment signatures and their relationship to spring-summer stratification in the Gulf of Gabes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-306

  Hassen, M Bel ^a   Hamza, A ^a   Drira, Z ^a,b   Zouari, A ^a   Akrout, F ^a   Messaoudi, S ^a   Aleya, L ^c   Ayadi, H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

CHEMTAX; chlorophyll b; chlorophytes; cyanobacteria; Gulf of Gabes; phytoplankton; prochlorophytes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLORALES;

EID: 67349144649     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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