Sporadic silicate limitation of phytoplankton productivity in the subarctic NE Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2539-2555

  Wong, C S ^a   Matear, R J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILICATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032749673     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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