Plankton composition and cycling of carbon during the rainy season in a tropical coastal ecosystem, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1121-1136

  Lugomela, Charles ^a   Wallberg, Petra ^a,b,d   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TANZANIA;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0034763024     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/23.10.1121     Document Type: Article

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