Phytoplankton biomass, production and grazing mortality in Exmouth Gulf, a shallow embayment on the arid, tropical coast of Western Australia

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-251

  Ayukai, Tenshi ^a   Miller, Diane ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing mortality; Phytoplankton; Production; Tropical embayment

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; SEA WATER;

BIOMASS; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EXMOUTH GULF;

EID: 0031841332     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00226-8     Document Type: Article

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