Dynamics of picophytoplankton, ultraphytoplankton and bacteria in the central equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 907-931

  Binder, Brian J ^a,c   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a   Olson, Robert J ^b   Frankel, Sheila L ^a   Worden, Alexandra Z ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; JGOFS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ULTRAPHYTOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030439867     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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