Picoplankton and nanoplankton and their trophic coupling in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea south of Bermuda

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-272

  Caron, David A ^a   Peele, Emily R ^b   Lim, Ee Lin ^a   Dennett, Mark R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BERMUDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; PROCHLOROPHYTES; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033035785     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.2.0259     Document Type: Article

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