The relationship between phytoplankton distribution and water column characteristics in north west european shelf sea waters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fehling, Johanna ^a,b   Davidson, Keith ^a   Bolch, Christopher J S ^c   Brand, Tim D ^a   Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER; WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTECOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA SERIATA;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84858976367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034098     Document Type: Article

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