Spatial distribution of Phytoplankton in spring 2004 along a transect in the eastern part of the North Sea

Abstract

We report the results from a 250 km long transect, from the Danish coast to the North Sea at 55 degrees 30' N, which was sampled every 32 km in order to study the composition and distribution of phytoplankton

Keywords

• North Sea
• phytoplankton
• spatial distribution
• algae
• Thalassiosira
• Protoperidinium
• Chaetoceros
• Skeletonema
• bloom
• morphology
• taxonomy
• dynamics
• ecology
• inlet