Physical and biological control of protistan community composition, distribution and abundance in the seasonal ice zone of the Southern Ocean between 30 and 80°E

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 828-848

  Davidson, Andrew T ^a   Scott, Fiona J ^a   Nash, Geraldine V ^a   Wright, Simon W ^a   Raymond, Ben ^a  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

30 to 80 E; Abundance; Antarctica; BROKE West; Grazing; Indian Sector; Marine protist; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Seasonal ice zone; Southern Ocean; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTICA; ICE ZONES; MICROZOOPLANKTONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ICE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SURVEYS;

ICE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; EUPHAUSIACEA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77951206205     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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