Picophytoplankton abundance and biomass in the western tropical Pacific Ocean during the 1992 El Nino year: Results from flow cytometry

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 877-895

  Blanchot, Jean ^a   Rodier, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROPHYTES; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EL NINO; PHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL WEST);

EID: 0030160801     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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