Controls on temporal and spatial variations of phytoplankton pigment distribution in the Northern South China Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-85

  Ho, Tung Yuan ^a   Pan, Xiaoju ^a   Yang, Hsu Han ^a   Wong, George T F ^a   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community structure; Phytoplankton; Pigment; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EUPHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ZEA;

EID: 84930923880     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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