Pigment-specific growth and grazing rates of phytoplankton in the central equatorial pacific

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Latasa, Mikel ^a,d   Landry, Michael R ^a   Schlüter, Louise ^b   Bidigare, Robert R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Intl Agency for 14C Determination   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROPHYTES;

EID: 0030865552     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.2.0289     Document Type: Article

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