Environmental significance of dinoflagellate cysts from the proximal part of the Po-river discharge plume (off southern Italy, Eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-213

  Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Möbius, Jürgen ^b   Mahmoud, Magdy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate Cysts; Eastern Mediterranean; Eutrophication; River Discharge

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DATA SET; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFACE WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRIGANTEDINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINIDINIUM; IMPAGIDINIUM; IMPAGIDINIUM ACULEATUM; LEJEUNECYSTA; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM; MIRABILIS; OPERCULODINIUM CENTROCARPUM; OPERCULODINIUM ISRAELIANUM; POLYKRIKOS; POLYKRIKOS KOFOIDI; PROTOPERIDINIUM; PROTOPERIDINIUM STELLATUM; SELENOPEMPHIX QUANTA; SPINIFERITES; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS; SPINIFERITES RAMOSUS;

EID: 70449709686     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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