Seasonal contribution of living phytoplankton carbon to vertical fluxes in a coastal upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 414-424

  Zuniga D ^a   Alonso Perez F ^a   Castro, C G ^a   Arbones, B ^a   Figueiras, F G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Organic carbon fluxes; Phytoplankton assemblages; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SPAIN;

ASTERIONELLOPSIS GLACIALIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DETONULA PUMILA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARALIA SULCATA;

EID: 79951857331     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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