Phytoplankton distribution and grazing near coral reefs

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-563

  Yahel, Gitai ^a,b   Post, Anton F ^b,c   Fabricius, Katharina ^d   Marie, Dominique ^e   Vaulot, Daniel ^e   Genin, Amatzia ^b,c  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Interuniversity Institute of Eilat

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL REEF; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF AGABA; RED SEA;

ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301;

EID: 0031877843     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0551     Document Type: Article

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