Biological response to iron fertilization in the eastern equatorial Pacific (IronEx II). III. Dynamics of phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2000, Pages 57-72

  Landry, M R ^a   Constantinou, J ^a   Latasa, M ^b   Brown, S L ^a   Bidigare, R R ^a,c   Ondrusek, M E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Grazing regulation; Iron limitation; Marker pigments; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIATOM; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROZOOPLANKTON; MORTALITY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

(EQUATORIAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0034625872     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps201057     Document Type: Article

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