High variability of primary production in oligotrophic waters of the Atlantic Ocean: Uncoupling from phytoplankton biomass and size structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 257, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Marañón, Emilio ^a   Behrenfeld, Michael J ^b   González, Natalia ^c   Mouriño, Beatriz ^a   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Chlorophyll; Picoplankton; Primary production; Size structure; Subtropical Gyres

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GYRE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0042856584     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps257001     Document Type: Article

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