Size-fractionated phytoplankton standing stocks and primary production during austral winter and spring 1993 in the subtropical convergence region near New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-224

  Bradford Grieve, J M ^a   Chang, F H ^a   Gall, M ^a   Pickmere, S ^a   Richards, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Dissolved inorganic nutrients; Potential primary production; Size fractionated; South west Pacific Ocean; Spring; Subtropical Convergence; Winter

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDING STOCK; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCES;

(SOUTHWEST); PACIFIC;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030769282     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516759     Document Type: Article

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