Abundance and diversity of tintinnids (planktonic ciliates) under contrasting levels of productivity in the Argentine Shelf and Drake Passage

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-30

  Santoferrara, Luciana F ^a,b   Alder, Viviana A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Diversity; Species richness; SW atlantic; Tintinnid ciliates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CILIATE; DIVERSITY INDEX; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE;

CILIOPHORA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 84860669212     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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