Strong seasonality in phytoplankton cell lysis in the NW Mediterranean littoral

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 940-947

  Agustí, Susana ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; LYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

BLANES BAY; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0034123199     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.4.0940     Document Type: Article

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