Phytoplankton community at warm eddies in the northern South China Sea in winter 2003/2004

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 1792-1798

  Huang, Bangqin ^a   Hu, Jun ^a   Xu, Hongzhou ^b   Cao, Zhenrui ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological response; Diagnostic pigments; Northern South China Sea; Phytoplankton community structure; Warm eddy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC PIGMENTS; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; WARM EDDY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ALGAE CONTROL;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLORALES;

EID: 77957792278     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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