Nitrate to silicate ratio variability and the composition of micro-phytoplankton blooms in the inner-fjord of Seno Ballena (Strait of Magellan, 54°S)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Torres, Rodrigo ^a   Frangópulos, Máximo ^b   Hamamé, Madeleine ^a   Montecino, Vivian ^c   Maureira, Constanza ^a   Pizarro, Gemita ^b,d   Reid, Brian ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^e   Luis Blanco, Jose ^f  

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

^b Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO PESQUERO   (Chile)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

^f OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved silicate; Fjord; N:Si ratio; Nitrate; Patagonia; Tidal intrusion front

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FJORD; FLOOD; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE; SILL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL INLET; UPWELLING;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; PATAGONIA;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79451473985     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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