title: [Phytoplankton ecology along the French coasts: inter-site comparison].
abstract: The aim of this study is to characterize the large-scale geographical structures of microphytoplankton communities along French coasts. Once the temporal variability component shared by all sampled coastal sites was identified, and seasonal succession of microphytoplankton communities was described. A between-site analysis, using multiable comparison methods (STATIS), allowed the identification of three large areas according to the temporal variability patterns of microphytoplankton populations. The results indicate that the hydrodynamic characteristics of the different areas play a major role in the geographical structure of microalgal populations in mainland French coastal waters.
authors.affiliation: COM, faculté des sciences de Luminy, case 901, 13288 Marseille, France. igailhar@ifremer.fr
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gailhard
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Durbec
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beliaeff
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sabatier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012623:Seawater / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity