Prochlorococcus growth rates in the central equatorial Pacific: An application of the fmax approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C2, 1999, Pages 3391-3399

  Liu, Hongbin ^a,d   Landry, Michael R ^a   Vaulot, Daniel ^b   Campbell, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RATE; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

(EQUATORIAL CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0033558234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900011     Document Type: Article

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