Prolonged nitrate exhaustion and diatom mortality: A comparison of polar and temperate Thalassiosira species

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 953-968

  Peters, E ^a   Thomas, D N ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DIATOMS; MORTALITY; NITRATE; NITRATE EXHAUSTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POLAR/TEMPERATE SPECIES;

NORTH SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA; THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA;

EID: 0029669616     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/18.6.953     Document Type: Article

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