Structure and seasonal dynamics of the eukaryotic picophytoplankton community in a wind-driven coastal upwelling ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2334-2346

  Collado Fabbri, Silvana ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^b   Ulloa, Osvaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; HYBRIDIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

BATHYCOCCUS; CRUSTOMASTIX; EUKARYOTA; MICROMONAS (GREEN ALGA); OSTREOCOCCUS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84857779808     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2334     Document Type: Article

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