Plankton community structure and carbon cycling on the western coast of Greenland during the stratified summer situation. I. Hydrography, phytoplankton and bacterioplankton

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a   Hansen, Benni Winding ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic pelagic food web; Bacterioplankton; Nutrient dynamics; Phytoplankton; Subsurface blooms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000835980     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016205     Document Type: Article

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