Species composition and biogeography of diatoms in antarctic and subantarctic (Argentine shelf) waters (37-76°S)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 139-152

  Olguín, Héctor F ^a,d   A Alder, Viviana ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Diatoms; Plankton; Subantarctic and antarctic waters

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CURRENT SYSTEM; DIATOMS; DRAKE PASSAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; JACCARD INDEX; MAIN GROUP; OCEANOGRAPHIC STATIONS; PLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMILAR NUMBERS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STUDY AREAS; SUBANTARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC WATERS; SUBANTARCTIC WATERS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WEDDELL SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; FLORISTICS; ICE COVER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR FRONT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA ICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS; POROSIRA GLACIALIS; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 79851476824     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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