Seasonal patterns in composition and biomass of autotrophic and heterotrophic nano- and microplankton communities on the north Norwegian shelf

Sarsia

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 265-277

  Høisæter, Tore ^a   Verity, Peter G ^a   Wassmann, Paul ^b   Andreassen, Inger J ^b   Nordby, Eirik ^b   Ratkova, Tatjana N ^c  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon biomass; Norway shelf; Plankton; Seasonal patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033570755     PISSN: 00364827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1999.10420431     Document Type: Article

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