Contrasting patterns of phytoplankton assemblages in two coastal ecosystems in relation to environmental factors (Corsica, NW Mediterranean Sea)

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Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-322

  Garrido, Marie ^a,b   Koeck, Barbara ^a   Goffart, Anne ^b,c   Collignon, Amandine ^b,c   Hecq, Jean Henri ^b,c   Agostini, Sylvia ^a   Marchand, Bernard ^a   Lejeune, Pierre ^c   Pasqualini, Vanina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c STARESO ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Ecological succession; Microscopy; Phytoplankton; Pigment analysis; Size fractionation; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CORSE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84898910810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d6020296     Document Type: Article

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