Does carbohydrate content affect the sinking rates of marine diatoms?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 360-365

  Fisher, Anne E ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; carbohydrate; diel periodicity; Ditylum brightwellii; irradiance; sinking rate; Thalassiosira weissflogii

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; DIATOM; DIATOMS; DIEL PERIODICITY; SINKING RATE;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; DITYLUM BRIGHTWELLII;

EID: 0029669612     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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