Elemental composition of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus: Implications for the ecological stoichiometry of the sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1721-1731

  Bertilsson, S ^a,c   Berglund, O ^a,d   Karl, D M ^b   Chisholm, S W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0141510073     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.5.1721     Document Type: Article

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