Phytoplankton assemblage structure and primary productivity along 170°W in the South Pacific Ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 255, Issue , 2003, Pages 55-80

  DiTullio, Giacomo R ^a   Geesey, Mark E ^a   Jones, David R ^a,b   Daly, Kendra L ^c   Campbell, Lisa ^d   Smith Jr , Walker O ^e  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; CHEMTAX; Equatorial upwelling; Photosynthetic pigments; Phytoplankton assemblage; Productivity; South Pacific Gyre

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PELAGOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037778610     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps255055     Document Type: Article

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