Ecological investigations of blooms of colonial Phaeocystis pouchetti-I. Abundance, biochemical composition, and metabolic rates

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 219-248

  Verity, Peter G ^a,b   Villareal, T A ^a,b   Smayda, T J ^a,b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001079165     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/10.2.219     Document Type: Article

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