Spring coccolithophore production and dispersion in the temperate eastern North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Schiebel, Ralf ^c   Brupbacher, Ursula ^a   Schmidtko, Sunke ^d   Nausch, Gnther ^b   Waniek, Joanna J ^b   Thierstein, Hans R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AZORES FRONT; CELL DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COCCOLITHOPHORES; DEEP MIXING; DOMINANT SPECIES; EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEW PRODUCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PLANKTON BLOOMS; POLYCARBONATE FILTERS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL MASS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER SAMPLES;

DISPERSIONS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; COCCOLITH; DISPERSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRING (SEASON); SUCCESSION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80052311480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006841     Document Type: Article

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