Basin-scale variability in plankton biomass and community metabolism in the sub-tropical North Atlantic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2241-2269

  Harrison, W G ^a   Aristegui J ^b   Head, E J H ^a   Li, W K W ^a   Longhurst, A R ^c   Sameoto, D D ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; METABOLISM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

PLAKTON BIOMASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; PLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034991687     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00181-8     Document Type: Article

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