Distribution and production of plankton communities in the subtropical convergence zone of the Sargasso Sea. I. Phytoplankton and bacterioplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 426, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-70

  Riemann, Lasse ^a,c   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^b,e   Kragh, Theis ^c   Richardson, Katherine ^c   Parner, Hjalte ^d   Jakobsen, Henrik Hans ^b,e   Munk, Peter ^e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Evolution and Climate ^*  (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Convergence zone; Picoalgae; Prochlorococcus; Sargasso Sea; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOMINANCE; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TRANSECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 79953205209     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09001     Document Type: Article

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