Large-scale patterns in summer surface water phytoplankton (except picophytoplankton) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-558

  Aktan, Yelda ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Diversity; Eastern Mediterranean; Environmental factors; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; COCCOLITH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARICULTURE; OPEN WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79751528073     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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