Size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass in coral reef waters off Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 991-997

  Tada, Kuninao ^a   Sakai, Kazuhiko ^b   Nakano, Yoshikatsu ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^b   Montani, Shigeru ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; PICA;

EID: 0041425027     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.8.991     Document Type: Article

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