Influence of local physical events on picophytoplankton spatial and temporal dynamics in South Australian continental shelf waters

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1825-1841

  Van Dongen Vogels, Virginie ^a   Seymour, Justin R ^b   Middleton, John F ^c   Mitchell, Jim G ^a   Seuront, Laurent ^a,c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence maximum; Coastal upwelling and downwelling; Picophytoplankton; South Australia; Spatial and temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ECOTYPE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MAGNITUDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 80755180689     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr077     Document Type: Article

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