Environmental controls on Emiliania huxleyi morphotypes in the Benguela coastal upwelling system (SE Atlantic)

Two distinct morphotypes of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi were observed as part of the phytoplankton succession offshore of Namibia, where coastal upwelling created strong gradients in sea surface temperature (SST), salinity, and nutrient conditions. The sampled surface waters hosted a chara...

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Published in:Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2012-02, Vol.448, p.51-66
Main Authors: Henderiks, J, Winter, A, Elbrächter, M, Feistel, R, der Plas, Av, Nausch, G, Barlow, R
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Coastal upwelling
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Ecology
Emiliania huxleyi
Marine
Morphology
Namibia
Plankton succession
Syracosphaera
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Plankton succession
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