Pathways of carbon cycling in marine surface waters: The fate of small-sized phytoplankton in the Northeast Water Polynya

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 779-801

  Pesant, S ^c   Legendre, L ^c   Gosselin, M ^a   Bjornsen, P K ^b   Fortier, L ^c   Michaud, J ^c   Nielsen, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYNYA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SURFACE WATER;

GREENLAND SEA; NORTHEAST WATER POLYNYA;

EID: 0034074589     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.4.779     Document Type: Article

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