Size distribution of phytoplankton community in oligotrophic tropical coastal waters

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Tada, Kuninao ^a   Yamada, Machiko ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^c   Nakano, Yoshikatsu ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Microorganism Section   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032739560     PISSN: 05031540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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