Taxon-specific differences in C/P and N/P drawdown for phytoplankton in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Arrigo, Kevin R ^a   Dunbar, Robert B ^a   Lizotte, Michael P ^b   Robinson, D H ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; carbon; diatoms; nutrients; Phaeocystis antarctica; Phytoplankton; Redfield ratio

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; NUTRIENTS;

ANTARCTIC; ANTARCTICA; DIATOMS; DRAW-DOWN RATIO; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; REDFIELD RATIO; SEASONAL TRENDS;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036819690     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015277     Document Type: Article

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