Primary production and plankton dynamics in the Reloncaví Fjord and the Interior Sea of Chiloé, northern Patagonia, Chile

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 402, Issue , 2010, Pages 13-30

  Gonzalez H E ^a,b,c   Calderon M J ^a   Castro, L ^b   Clement, A ^d   Cuevas, L A ^e   Daneri, G ^b,c   Iriarte, J L ^a,c   Lizarraga L ^b,c   Martinez R ^b   Menschel, E ^a,b   Silva, N ^f   Carrasco, C ^f   Valenzuela, C ^a   Vargas, C A ^b,c   Molinet, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^d Plancton Andino   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Interior Sea of Chilo ; Patagonia marine ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING PRESSURE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHILE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954112910     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08360     Document Type: Article

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