Pigment chemotaxonomic distributions of phytoplankton during summer in the western Mediterranean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 833-850

  Barlow, R G ^a   Mantoura, R F C ^a   Cummings, D G ^a   Fileman, T W ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROPHYTES; PROKARYOTA;

CHEMOTAXONOMIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS; SUMMER; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0030669928     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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