Plankton in the open mediterranean Sea: A review

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1543-1586

  Siokou Frangou, I ^a   Christaki, U ^b,c,d   Mazzocchi, M G ^e   Montresor, M ^e   Ribera D'Alcala, M ^e   Vaque, D ^f   Zingone, A ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EDDY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; GYRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WINTER; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 77952615560     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1543-2010     Document Type: Article

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