Phytoplankton variability in the central and eastern tropical pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 835-870

  Chavez, Francisco P ^a   Buck, Kurt R ^a   Service, Susan K ^a   Newton, Jan ^b   Barber, Richard T ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b Washington Department of Ecology   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROPHYTES; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EQUATORIAL UPWELLING; GRAZING; MICROZOOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030513832     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(96)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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