Silica production and the contribution of diatoms to new and primary production in the central North Pacific

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 89-104

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Villareal, Tracy A ^b   Lipschultz, Fredric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Elemental cycles; New production; Silica cycling; Silicon

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GYRES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICA CYCLE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEMIAULUS HAUCKII; MASTOGLOIA; MASTOGLOIA WOODIANA;

EID: 0032543586     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167089     Document Type: Article

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