The marine prochlorophyte Prochlorococcus contributes significantly to phytoplankton biomass and primary production in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 1993, Pages 2283-2294

  Goericke, Ralf ^a   Welschmeyer, Nicholas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROCHLOROPHYTE;

ATLANTIC, SARGASSO SEA; SARGASSO SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0027141828     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(93)90104-B     Document Type: Article

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