Abundance and size composition of the summer phytoplankton communities in the western North Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-351

  Odate, Tsuneo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE COMPOSITION; SUMMER;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0029961436     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235928     Document Type: Article

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