Cross-shelf variation in carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratios in the East China Sea, summer 1998

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 1237-1247

  Chang, Jeng ^a   Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^b   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EAST CHINA SEA;

AVIS; CYANOBACTERIA; PSEUDOSOLENIA; PSEUDOSOLENIA CALCAR-AVIS; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0037269810     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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