Diatom growth and productivity in an oligotropic midocean gyre: A 3-yr record from the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 473-486

  Nelson, David M ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030818392     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0473     Document Type: Article

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