Diversification of phytoplankton community structure and related parameters along a large-scale longitudinal east-west transect of the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-428

  Ignatiades, Lydia ^a   Gotsis Skretas, Olympia ^b   Pagou, Kalliopi ^b   Krasakopoulou, Evangelia ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 67650825854     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn124     Document Type: Article

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