Distribution of calcifying and silicifying phytoplankton in relation to environmental and biogeochemical parameters during the late stages of the 2005 North East Atlantic Spring Bloom

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2155-2179

  Leblanc, K ^a   Hare, C E ^b   Feng, Y ^c   Berg, G M ^d   DiTullio, G R ^e   Neeley, A ^f   Benner, I ^g,h   Sprengel, C ^g   Beck, A ⁱ   Sanudo Wilhelmy, S A ^j   Passow, U ^g,l   Klinck, K ^g   Rowe, J M ^k   Wilhelm, S W ^m   Brown, C W ⁿ   Hutchins, D A ^j  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Woods Hole Group Inc   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e School of Business   (United States)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁿ Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SILICIC ACID; SILICIFICATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND BASIN; ICELAND SHELF; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77953597371     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2155-2009     Document Type: Article

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