Environmental factors controlling phytoplankton processes in the Southern Ocean

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 844-861

  Boyd, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Environmental control; Irradiance; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRRADIANCE; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRACE METAL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036806467     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.t01-1-01203.x     Document Type: Review

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