Seasonal and interannual variation of the phytoplankton and copepod dynamics in Liverpool Bay

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-320

  Greenwood, Naomi ^a   Forster, Rodney M ^a   Créach, Veronique ^a   Painting, Suzanne J ^a   Dennis, Anna ^b   Cutchey, Stewart J ^a,d   Silva, Tiago ^a   Sivyer, David B ^a   Jickells, Tim ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Gardline Geosurvey Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal; Grazing; Liverpool Bay; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COASTAL; GRAZING; LIVERPOOL BAY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84861093878     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0500-x     Document Type: Article

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