Seasonal to interannual variability and geographic distribution of the silicoflagellate fluxes in the Western Mediterranean

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-57

  Rigual Hernández, Andrés S ^a   Bárcena, María A ^a   Sierro, Francisco J ^a   Flores, José A ^a   Hernández Almeida, Iván ^a   Sanchez Vidal, Anna ^b   Palanques, Albert ^c   Heussner, Serge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CEFREM   (France)

Author keywords

ENSO; NAO; Sediment trap; Silicoflagellates; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLAGELLATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SAMPLING; SKELETON; STRATIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ALBORAN SEA; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BESOS RIVER; CATALONIA; GULF OF LION; LLOBREGAT RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

DICTYOCHA FIBULA; DICTYOCHA SPECULUM; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77957789950     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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