Picophytoplankton dynamics in the equatorial Pacific: Growth and grazing rates from cytometric counts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3369-3380

  Andre J M ^a,b   Navarette, C ^a,d   Blanchot, J ^a,c   Radenac, M H ^a,b  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci Devmt C   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d Centre ORSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; PICOPLANKTON;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033557532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900005     Document Type: Article

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