Synergy of light and nutrients on the photosynthetic efficiency of phytoplankton populations from the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 923-933

  Bergmann, T ^a   Richardson, T L ^b   Paerl, H W ^c   Pinckney, J L ^b   Schofield, O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; NUTRIENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036743357     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.9.923     Document Type: Article

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