'Phyto-convection': The role of oceanic convection in primary production

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 77-92

  Backhaus, Jan O ^a   Wehde, Henning ^a   Hegseth, Else Nøst ^b   Kämpf, Jochen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersion of phytoplankton; Oceanic convection; Primary production

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CONVECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033607812     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189077     Document Type: Article

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