Temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton pigments in the central Pacific Ocean along 175°E during the boreal summers of 1992 and 1993

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-396

  Suzuki, Koji ^a   Handa, Nobuhiko ^b   Kiyosawa, Hiroshi ^c   Ishizaka, Joji ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Marine Biological Research Institute   (Japan)

^d NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

HPLC; Pacific Ocean; Phytoplankton; Pigments

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PIGMENTS; PROCHLOROPHYTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0031414867     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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