A comparison of phytoplankton populations of the Arabian Sea during the Spring Intermonsoon and Southwest Monsoon of 1995 as described by HPLC-analyzed pigments

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 2133-2170

  Latasa, Mikel ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0032416797     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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