Plankton biomass and production in an open atoll lagoon: Uvea, New Caledonia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-210

  Le Borgne, Robert ^a   Rodier, Martine ^a   Le Bouteiller, Aubert ^a   Kulbicki, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Atoll; Biomass; Phytoplankton; Production rate; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATOLL LAGOON; ATOLLS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; LAGOON ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

NEW CALEDONIA, UVEA LAGOON;

EID: 0030618464     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02749-9     Document Type: Article

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