Phytoplankton size-based dynamics in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-28

  Ignatiades, L ^a   Psarra, S ^b   Zervakis, V ^b   Pagou, K ^b   Souvermezoglou, E ^b   Assimakopoulou, G ^b   Gotsis Skretas, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Biomass; Eastern Mediterranean; Photosynthetic parameters; Phytoplankton; Productivity; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HYDROGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037099474     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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