Composition and biomass of plankton in spring on the Cape Hatteras shelf, with implications for carbon flux

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1087-1116

  Verity, P G ^a   Paffenhofer G A ^a   Wallace, D ^b   Sherr, E ^c   Sherr, B ^c  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; COMPOSITION; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC, CAPE HATTERAS SHELF;

EID: 0029667152     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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