Algal class abundances in the western equatorial Pacific: Estimation from HPLC measurements of chloroplast pigments using CHEMTAX

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1441-1468

  Mackey, D J ^a   Higgins, H W ^a   Mackey, M D ^b   Holdsworth, D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PIGMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032168132     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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