Phycoerythrins in the southern tropical and equatorial Pacific Ocean: Evidence for new cyanobacterial types

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3311-3321

  Neveux, Jacques ^a   Lantoine, François ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^b   Marie, Dominique ^b   Blanchot, Jean ^b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

(EQUATORIAL); (TROPICAL SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033557545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc02000     Document Type: Article

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