Is coccolithophore distribution in the Mediterranean Sea related to seawater carbonate chemistry?

Ocean Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-32

  Oviedo, A ^a   Ziveri, P ^a,b,e   Alvarez M ^c   Tanhua, T ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; FLAGELLATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84920742381     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-11-13-2015     Document Type: Article

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