Nitrogen- and irradiance-dependent variations of the maximum quantum yield of carbon fixation in eutrophic, mesotrophic and oligotrophic marine systems

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1241-1272

  Babin, Marcel ^a   Morel, André ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   Bricaud, Annick ^a   Kolber, Zbigniew ^b   Falkowski, Paul G ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; IRRADIANCE; MARINE SYSTEM; MAXIMUM QUANTUM YIELD; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TROPHIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL EAST);

EID: 0030209491     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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