Microplankton response to environmental conditions in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean): One year sediment trap record

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 14-24

  Hernandez Almeida I ^a   Barcena M A ^a   Flores, J A ^a   Sierro, F J ^a   Sanchez Vidal, A ^b   Calafat, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

1997 98 ENSO event; Alboran Sea; Coccolithophores; Diatom; Planktonic foraminifera; Sediment trap; SST

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GYRE; MICROPLANKTON; PHYTOLITH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; FORAMINIFERA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; LEPTOCYLINDRUS DANICUS; TURBOROTALITA QUINQUELOBA;

EID: 79151482022     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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