Light effects on phytoplankton photosynthetic performance in the southern East China Sea north of Taiwan

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-140

  Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^a,b   Gong, Gwo Ching ^c   Liu, Kon Kee ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assimilation number; East China Sea; Kuroshio; Photoacclimation; Primary production; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000930908     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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