Phytoplankton community structure and stocks in the Southern Ocean (30-80°E) determined by CHEMTAX analysis of HPLC pigment signatures

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 758-778

  Wright, Simon W ^a   van den Enden, Rick L ^a   Pearce, Imojen ^a   Davidson, Andrew T ^a   Scott, Fiona J ^a   Westwood, Karen J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

30 to 80 E; Abundance; Antarctica; BROKE West; Carotenoids; CHEMTAX; Chlorophyll; Grazing; Indian Sector; Iron; Marine protest; Seasonal ice zone; Southern Ocean; Species composition

Indexed keywords

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

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PELLETIZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEA ICE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURVEYS;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ABUNDANCE; BASELINE SURVEY; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; GYRE; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DINOPHYCEAE; EUPHAUSIACEA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MYRIONECTA; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77951208459     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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