Temporal variations in diatom abundance and downward vertical flux in the oligotrophic North Pacific gyre

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1051-1075

  Scharek, Renate ^a,b   Latasa, Mikel ^a   Karl, David M ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

HEMIAULUS HAUCKII; MASTOGLOIA WOODIANA; PSEUDONITZSCHIA; RICHELIA;

EID: 0033151494     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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