Vertical structure of picophytoplankton at different trophic sites of the tropical northeastern Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1191-1213

  Partensky, Frédéric ^a   Blanchot, Jean ^b   Lantoine, François ^c   Neveux, Jacques ^c   Marie, Dominique ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; DIFFERENT TROPHIC SITES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL EAST);

EID: 0030210532     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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