Distribution of chlorophyll-a concentration in the Transition Domain and adjacent regions of the central North Pacific in summer

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-36

  Shiomoto, Akihiro ^a   Ishida, Yukimasa ^b   Nagasawa, Kazuya ^a   Tadokoro, Kazuaki ^b   Takahashi, Motoko ^c   Monaka, Koji ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central North Pacific; Chlorophyll a; Grazing; Summer; Transition Domain

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; GRAZING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032862126     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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