Whiting events: Biogenic origin due to the photosynthetic activity of cyanobacterial picoplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-141

  Thompson, Joel B ^a   Schultze Lam, Susanne ^b   Beveridge, Terrance J ^b   Des Marais, David J ^c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030799749     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.1.0133     Document Type: Article

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