Responses of tropical plankton communities from the Mexican Caribbean to solar ultraviolet radiation exposure and increased temperature

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 445, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-107

  Halac, Silvana R ^a,b   Guendulain García, Sergio D ^c   Villafañe, Virginia E ^a,d   Helbling, E Walter ^a,d   Banaszak, Anastazia T ^c  

^a Estacion de Fotobiologia Playa Union   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional del Agua Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Mexican Caribbean; Plankton; Temperature; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARIBBEAN COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84877898880     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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