Diatom phytoplankton response to Holocene climate change in the Subpolar North Atlantic

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 214-225

  Miller, Katie R ^a   Chapman, Mark R ^a   Andrews, Julian E ^a   Koç, Nalân ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diatom; Holocene; North Atlantic; North Atlantic Current; Palaeoceanography; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAE CONTROL; DEBRIS; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECADAL VARIATION; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; HYDROGRAPHY; ICE RAFTING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GARDAR DRIFT; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80655127851     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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