Carbon fluxes through major phytoplankton groups during the spring bloom and post-bloom in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 486-500

  Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Andrés ^a   Latasa, Mikel ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a   Vidal, Montserrat ^b   Marrasé, Celia ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Community structure; Microzooplankton grazing; NW Mediterranean; Phytoplankton growth

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROZOOPLANKTONS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ECOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEAWATER; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURFACE WATERS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ACCLIMATION; ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OPEN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SURFACE WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77949568749     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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