A warm-core eddy linking shelf, Leeuwin Current and oceanic waters demonstrated by near-shelf distribution patterns of Synechococcus spp. and Prochlorococcus spp. in the eastern Indian Ocean

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1011-1021

  Paterson, Harriet ^a   Heel, Kathy ^a   Waite, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Division rate; Eastern Indian Ocean; Leeuwin Current; Picoplankton; Warm core eddy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTUMN; CONNECTIVITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE; PICOPLANKTON; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; LEEUWIN CURRENT;

EID: 84886799707     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12271     Document Type: Article

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