Protistan communities in the Australian sector of the Sub-Antarctic Zone during SAZ-Sense

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2135-2149

  de Salas, Miguel F ^a   Eriksen, Ruth ^a   Davidson, Andrew T ^a   Wright, Simon W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

CHEMTAX; Iron; Marine protists; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Protozoa; Silica; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHEMTAX; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERTILISATION; IRON ENRICHMENT; LOW CARBON; MARINE PROTISTS; NATURAL IRON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PIGMENT ANALYSIS; POLAR FRONT; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PROTISTAN COMMUNITIES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; THALASSIOSIRA SP; TROPHODYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; IRON; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POLAR FRONT; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING; SILICA; SILICIFICATION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN SECTOR; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 80052768719     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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