Phytoplankton community structure and depth distribution changes in the Cariaco Basin between 1996 and 2010

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-37

  Pinckney, James L ^a   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^a   Muller Karger, Frank ^b   Lorenzoni, Laura ^b   Troccoli, Luis ^c   Varela, Ramon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^d FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; ChemTax; Climate change; Diversity index; HPLC; Phytoplankton community

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; FORESTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CARIBBEAN SEA; CHEMTAX; DIVERSITY INDEX; HPLC; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DIATOM; MICROPLANKTON; MIXED LAYER; NANOPLANKTON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA;

EID: 84926443654     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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