Biomass, growth rates and limitation of Eqautorial Pacific diatoms

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1255-1275

  Blain, Stéphane ^a   Leynaert, Aude ^a   Tréguer, Paul ^a   Chrétiennot Dinet, Marie Josèphe ^b   Rodier, Martine ^c  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DIATOMS; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0030752807     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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