A novel niche for Prochlorococcus sp. in low-light suboxic environments in the Arabian Sea and the Eastern Tropical North Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1183-1205

  Goericke, R ^a   Olson, R J ^b   Shalapyonok, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen minimum zone; Pigments; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE;

ARABIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS;

EID: 0034096812     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00108-9     Document Type: Article

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