Importance of light for the formation of algal blooms by Emiliania huxleyi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 195-203

  Nanninga, H J ^a   Tyrrell, T ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emiliania huxleyi; P I curves; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton ecology; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0029835176     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps136195     Document Type: Article

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