Phytoplankton population dynamics at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series station in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1983-2003

  Durand, Michele D ^a,b   Olson, Robert J ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURFACE WATERS;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 0035033936     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00166-1     Document Type: Article

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