Evidence for a clade-specific temporal and spatial separation in ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase gene expression in phytoplankton populations off Cape Hatteras and Bermuda

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-23

  Paul, John H ^a   Pichard, Scott L ^a   Kang, Jordan B ^a   Watson, Gregory M F ^b   Tabita, F Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0033024450     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0012     Document Type: Article

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