Seasonal changes in nutrients, chlorophyll a and the phytoplankton assemblage of the western subarctic gyre in the Pacific Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 24-25, 2002, Pages 5421-5439

  Mochizuki, Mamiko ^a   Shiga, Naonobu ^a   Saito, Masaru ^a   Imai, Keiri ^b   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SEASONAL CHANGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; COSCINODISCUS; DINOPHYCEAE; FRAGILARIOPSIS; GYMNODINIUM; NEODENTICULA SEMINAE; PROBOSCIA ALATA; PROROCENTRUM; RHIZOSOLENIA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 0036033771     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00209-6     Document Type: Article

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