Summer nutrient dynamics in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Primary production and utilization of phytoplankton carbon

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 515-537

  Falkowski, P G ^b   Vidal, J ^b   Hopkins, T S ^b   Rowe, G T ^b   Whitledge, T E ^b   Harrison, W G ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000817001     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/5.4.515     Document Type: Article

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