Mesoscale vertical motion and the size structure of phytoplankton in the ocean

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6826, 2001, Pages 360-363

  Rodríguez, Jaime ^a   Tintoré, Joaquín ^b   Allen, John T ^c   Blanco, José Ma ^a   Gomis, Damì ^b   Reul, Andreas ^a   Ruiz, Javier ^d   Rodríguez, Valeriano ^a   Echevarría, Fidel ^d   Jiménez Gómez, Francisco ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; RECYCLING;

PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE;

ENERGY FLUX; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

CHLOROPHYLL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0035869021     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35066560     Document Type: Article

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