Vertical structure of the phytoplankton community associated with a coastal plume in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 87-101

  Wawrik, B ^a   Paul, J H ^a   Campbell, L ^b   Griffin, D ^c   Houchin, L ^a   Fuentes Ortega, A ^a   Muller Karger, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal plume; Gene expression; Gulf of Mexico; Microdiversity; Prochlorococcus; Recycled production; RubisCO; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0038404698     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251087     Document Type: Article

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