Influence of the Nazaré Canyon, central Portuguese margin, on late winter coccolithophore assemblages

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-358

  Guerreiro, Catarina ^a,b,c   Sá, Carolina ^c   de Stigter, Henko ^b   Oliveira, Anabela ^a   Cachão, Mário ^c   Cros, Llusa ^d   Borges, Carlos ^a   Quaresma, Luis ^a   Santos, Ana I ^a   Fortuño, José Manuel ^d   Rodrigues, Aurora ^a  

^a Portuguese Hydrographic Office   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chl a; ENACWst; Living coccolithophores; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMARINES;

CHL-A; COCCOLITHOPHORES; ENACWST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COCCOLITH; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SUBMARINE CANYON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAZARE CANYON; PORTUGAL;

CORONOSPHAERA MEDITERRANEA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA ERICSONII; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OPHIASTER; SYRACOSPHAERA; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 84901648994     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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