Diurnal changes in near-surface ammonium concentration - Interplay between zooplankton and phytoplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1305-1330

  Priddle, Julian ^a   Whitehouse, Michael J ^a   Atkinson, Angus ^a   Brierley, Andrew S ^a   Murphy, Eugene J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOCHEMICAL CYCLES; NEAR-SURFACE CONCENTRATION; PLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 0030760974     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/19.9.1305     Document Type: Article

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