Primary production and phytoplankton community structure during a winter shelf-scale phytoplankton bloom off Western Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-369

  Lourey, M J ^a   Thompson, P A ^a   McLaughlin, M J ^a   Bonham, P ^a   Feng, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOMINANCE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84872499991     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2093-4     Document Type: Article

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