Short-term dynamics of microplankton abundance and diversity in NW Mediterranean Sea during late summer conditions (DYNAPROC 2 cruise; 2004)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 743-761

  Lasternas, S ^a,b,c   Tunin Ley, A ^a,b   Ibanez F ^a,b   Andersen, V ^a,b   Pizay, M D ^a,b   Lemee R ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; MICROPLANKTON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 79952996558     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-743-2011     Document Type: Article

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