Latitudinal variation of the balance between plankton photosynthesis and respiration in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1642-1652

  Serret, Pablo ^a   Robinson, Carol ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^b   Teira, Eva ^b   Tilstone, Gavin ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATITUDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035166239     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.7.1642     Document Type: Article

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