Basin-wide distributions of living carbon components and the inverted trophic pyramid of the central gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean, summer 1993

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-298

  Buck, K R ^a   Chavez, F P ^a   Campbell, L ^b  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Living carbon; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0000975042     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010283     Document Type: Article

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