Diatom flotation at the onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom: An in situ experiment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 115-125

  Acuña, José Luis ^a   López Alvarez, Márcos ^a   Nogueira, Enrique ^b   González Taboada, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Diatom; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BUOYANCY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT TRAP;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77749261923     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08405     Document Type: Article

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