Annual variability of phytoplankton and bacteria in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean at Station ALOHA during the 1991-1994 ENSO event

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-192

  Campbell, Lisa ^a,b   Liu, Hongbin ^a   Nolla, Hector A ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EL NINO; ENSO; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC, ALOHA STATION;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031079860     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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