Nanoplankton and picoplankton in the Western English Channel: Abundance and seasonality from 2007-2013

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 446-455

  Tarran, Glen A ^a   Bruun, John T ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

COCCOLITHOPHORES; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; PHAEOCYSTIS SP; SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS; TIME-SERIES DATA; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL; WESTERN ENGLISH CHANNELS;

PLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHAEOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84941260859     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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