Application of a novel method for phosphorus determinations in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1565-1577

  Thomson Bulldis, Angie ^a   Karl, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031794376     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.7.1565     Document Type: Article

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