Size-fractionated phytoplankton chlorophyll in an Eastern Mediterranean coastal system (Maliakos Gulf, Greece)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-133

  Kormas, Konstantinos A ^a   Garametsi, Vasiliki ^a   Nicolaidou, Artemis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Coastal; Fractionation; Mediterranean; Nutrients; Particulate carbon

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FRACTIONATION; NUTRIENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER;

AEGEAN SEA; MALIAKOS GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036627244     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-002-0106-2     Document Type: Article

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