Early spring bloom phytoplankton-nutrient dynamics at the Celtic Sea shelf edge

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-510

  Rees, Andrew P ^a   Joint, Ian ^a   Donald, Kirsten M ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CELTIC SEA;

CHAETOCEROS; NITZSCHIA; THALASSIONEMA;

EID: 0033105141     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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