Estimation of f-ratios in oceans based on phytoplankton size structure

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-601

  Tremblay, Jean Éric ^a   Klein, Bert ^a   Legendre, Louis ^a   Rivkin, Richard B ^b   Therriault, Jean Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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EID: 0030880134     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.3.0595     Document Type: Article

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