The characterisation and summer distribution of ultraphytoplankton in the Gulf of Gabès (Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia) by using flow cytometry

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-38

  Hamdi, I ^a   Denis, M ^b   Bellaaj Zouari, A ^c   Khemakhem, H ^a   Bel Hassen, M ^c   Hamza, A ^c   Barani, A ^b   Bezac, C ^b   Maalej, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Choanoflagellates; Flow cytometry; Gulf of Gab s; Mediterranean Sea; Phytoplankton; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); TUNISIA;

CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84949114760     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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