Phytoplankton dynamics in the NE subarctic Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2405-2432

  Boyd, Philip ^a   Harrison, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032735361     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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