Dinoflagellates and ciliates at Helgoland Roads, North Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-23

  Löder, Martin Günther Joachim ^a   Kraberg, Alexandra Claudia ^a   Aberle, Nicole ^a   Peters, Silvia ^a   Wiltshire, Karen Helen ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Dinoflagellates; Helgoland Roads; Monitoring; North Sea; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CILIATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

CILIOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; MYRIONECTA RUBRA;

EID: 84857366406     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-010-0242-z     Document Type: Article

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