Seasonal variation in Emiliania huxleyi coccolith morphology and calcification in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Geobios

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Triantaphyllou, Maria ^a   Dimiza, Margarita ^a   Krasakopoulou, Eva ^b   Malinverno, Elisa ^c   Lianou, Valia ^a   Souvermezoglou, Ekaterini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometry; Coccoliths; Emiliania huxleyi; Environmental parameters

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CALCIFICATION; COCCOLITH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77049102151     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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