Does competition for nanomolar phosphate supply explain the predominance of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1562-1567

  Moutin, Thierry ^a   Thingstad, Tron F ^b   Van Wambeke, France ^a   Marie, Dominique ^c   Slawyk, Gerd ^a   Raimbault, Patrick ^a   Claustre, Herveé ^d  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ORTHOPHOSPHATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036736406     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.5.1562     Document Type: Article

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