Growth rates and production of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1567-1580

  Jones, David R ^a,b   Karl, David M ^a   Laws, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTION; SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030265489     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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