Subsurface chlorophyll maxima in the Skagerrak - Processes and plankton community structure

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 139-158

  Karlson, Bengt ^a   Edler, Lars ^b   Granéli, Wilhelm ^c   Sahlsten, Elisabeth ^a   Kuylenstierna, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

15N isotope; Bacteria; HPLC; Nanoplankton; Nitrogen uptake rates; Nutrients; Phaeocystis; Phytoplankton; Picoplankton; Pigments; Production; Respiration; Skagerrak; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLLS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANKTON; SUBSURFACE MAXIMA;

SKAGERRAK;

EID: 0029777727     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1385-1101(96)90742-x     Document Type: Article

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