What sets lower limits to phytoplankton stocks in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll regions of the open ocean?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 193, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-31

  Strom, Suzanne L ^a   Miller, Charles B ^b   Frost, Bruce W ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Grazers; Microzooplankton; Phytoplankton; Plankton dynamics models; Planktonic food webs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA;

EID: 0034723904     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps193019     Document Type: Article

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