Prochlorococcus growth rate and contribution to primary production in the equatorial and subtropical North Pacific Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Nolla, Hector A ^a   Campbell, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Flow cytometry; Grazing; Growth; Pacific ocean; Prochlorococcus; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002326959     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012039     Document Type: Article

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