Seasonal variation of phytoplankton community structure and nitrogen uptake regime in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-272

  Mengesha, Semeneh ^a   Dehairs, Frank ^a   Fiala, Michel ^b   Elskens, Marc ^a   Goeyens, Leo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0031685437     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050302     Document Type: Article

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