Seasonal variability in nitrogenous nutrition of phytoplankton assemblages in the northeastern subarctic Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2505-2538

  Varela, Diana E ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032736122     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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