Photosynthesis and regulation of rubisco activity in net phytoplankton from Delaware Bay 1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 718-731

  MacIntyre, Hugh L ^a   Gelder, Richard J ^a,c   McKay, R Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Bloom; Estuarine; Feedback limitation; Fluctuating irradiance; Photosynthesis irradiance response; Photosynthetic regulation; Rubisco; Skeletonema costatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030456741     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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