Sharp gradients in phytoplankton community structure across a frontal zone in the California Current Ecosystem

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 778-789

  Taylor, Andrew G ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^a   Landry, Michael R ^a   Selph, Karen E ^b   Wick, Daniel A ^a   Roadman, Megan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

A Front; biomass; epifluorescence microscopy; front system; HPLC; microbial community; size structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84864648514     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs036     Document Type: Article

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