Phytoplankton functional community structure in Argentinian continental shelf determined by HPLC pigment signatures

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-81

  Moreno, D Vega ^a   Marrero, J Pérez ^a   Morales, J ^b   García, C Llerandi ^a   Úbeda, Villagarcía M G ^c   Rueda, M J ^a   Llinas O ^c  

^a Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c OCEANIC PLATFORM OF THE CANARY ISLANDS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentinian continental shelf; Biomarker pigments; Distribution; HPLC; Phytoplankton; Size group

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NANOPLANKTON; OCEANIC FRONT; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIDAL CYCLE;

ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL-MALVINAS CONFLUENCE; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CHUBUT; MAR DEL PLATA; VALDES PENINSULA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84858121769     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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