Carbon content and C:N ratio of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) produced by bubbling exudates of diatoms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 59-71

  Mari, Xavier ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Bubbling; C:N ratio; Carbon; TEP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIATOM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 0033529349     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183059     Document Type: Article

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