Picoplanktonic community structure on an Atlantic transect from 50°N to 50°S

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1339-1355

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Sleigh, Michael A ^a   Tarran, Glen A ^b   Burkill, Peter H ^b   Leakey, Raymond J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PICOPLANKTON; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031783508     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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