Irradiance and pH affect coccolithophore community composition on a transect between the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 431, Issue , 2011, Pages 25-43

  Charalampopoulou, Anastasia ^a   Poulton, Alex J ^a   Tyrrell, Toby ^a   Lucas, Mike I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Coccolithophore; Emiliania huxleyi; Irradiance; Ocean acidification; pH

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COCCOLITH; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79958260501     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09140     Document Type: Article

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