Distribution and contribution of major phytoplankton groups to carbon cycling across contrasting conditions of the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1115-1129

  Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Andrés ^a   Latasa, Mikel ^a   Agustí, Susana ^b,c   Duarte, Carlos M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Microzooplankton grazing; Nutrient limitation; Phytoplankton growth; Subtropical northeast Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; MICROZOOPLANKTONS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ADAPTATION; CARBON CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OPEN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 80053173934     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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