Application of chemotaxonomy to the study of the phytoplankton community structure in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans = Aplicación de la quimiotaxonomía al estudio de la estructura de la comunidad fitoplanctónica en el Mar Mediterráneo y en los oceános Atlántico y Antártico

• Main Author: Oliveira Nunes, Sdena
• Other Authors: Estrada i Miyares, Marta, Latasa Arcalís, Mikel, Flos Bassols, Jordi, Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Biologia
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2018
• Subjects: Fitoplàncton; Fitoplancton; Phytoplankton; Mediterrània (Mar); Mediterráneo; Mediterranean Sea; Atlàntic; Oceà; Atlántico; Océano; Atlantic Ocean; Antàrtic; Antártico; Antarctic Ocean; Ciències Experimentals i Matemàtiques; 57; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pillar; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/666630

Despite their small size, phytoplankton represents up to 50% of the global primary production of the Earth and serves as a connector between oceanic and atmospheric processes. Therefore, phytoplankton constitutes a central pillar in the comprehension of the cycles of mass and energy in the oceans. T...