Response of Sargasso Sea phytoplankton biomass, growth rates and primary production to seasonally varying physical forcing

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2223-2249

  Goericke, Ralf ^a   Welschmeyer, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0032420284     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/20.12.2223     Document Type: Article

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