Physico-chemical and biological factors influencing dinoflagellate cyst production in the Cariaco Basin

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• dinoflagellate cyst 100%
• cyst 91%
• upwelling 42%
• basin 39%
• dinoflagellate 33%
• trophic interaction 9%
• fossil assemblage 9%
• sediment trap 9%
• ecology 6%
• timescale 5%
• productivity 5%
• in situ 4%
• winter 4%
• indicator 4%
• sea 4%
• parameter 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Miozoa 82%
• basins 72%
• sediment traps 17%
• traps 16%
• Cochlodinium 16%
• Caribbean Sea 14%
• trophic relationships 12%
• primary productivity 11%
• zooplankton 10%
• fossils 10%
• seasonal variation 8%
• ecology 7%
• winter 6%