Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages inshore and offshore Svalbard reflecting their modern hydrography and climate

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 121-134

  Grøsfjeld, Kari ^a   Harland, Rex ^b   Howe, John ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY; SEAFLOOR; TAXONOMY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70349632454     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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