Mass sedimentation of picoplankton embedded in organic aggregates

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-97

  Waite, Anya M ^a   Safi, Karl A ^b   Hall, Julie A ^b   Nodder, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT; PICOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION;

CHATHAM RISE; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033983592     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.1.0087     Document Type: Article

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