Surface biological, chemical, and optical properties of the patagonian shelf coccolithophore bloom, the brightest waters of the great calcite belt

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1715-1732

  Balch, W M ^a   Drapeau, D T ^a   Bowler, B C ^a   Lyczkowski, E R ^a   Lubelczyk, L C ^a   Painter, S C ^b   Poulton, A J ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROROCENTRUM;

EID: 84924857573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1715     Document Type: Article

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