Microzooplankton grazing of primary production at 140°W in the equatorial pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 1227-1255

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Stoecker, Diane K ^b   Sieracki, Michael E ^c   Nelson, James R ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EL NINO; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; JGOFS; MICROZOOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030499732     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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