Spatial and temporal variability of pico-, nano- and microphytoplankton in the offshore waters of the southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-105

  Cerino, F ^a   Bernardi Aubry, F ^b   Coppola, J ^b   La Ferla, R ^c   Maimone, G ^c   Socal, G ^b   Totti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microphytoplankton; Nanophytoplankton; Phytoplankton composition; Phytoplankton size fractions; Picophytoplankton; Southern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84864613345     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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