Multiple subsurface phytoplankton blooms occurring simultaneously in the Skagerrak

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 799-813

  Richardson, Katherine ^a   Rasmussen, Bjarke ^b   Bunk, Tine ^a   Mouritsen, Lone Thybo ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER;

NORTH SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0038607535     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.7.799     Document Type: Article

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