New production and production of large phytoplankton (> 5 μm) on the Scotian Shelf (NW Atlantic)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 215-222

  Dauchez, S ^a   Legendre, L ^a   Fortier, L ^a   Levasseur, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon uptake; New production; Nitrate uptake; Phytoplankton; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029789374     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135215     Document Type: Article

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