Observations on colony formation by the cosmopolitan phytoplankton genus Phaeocystis

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 153-164

  Verity, Peter G ^a   Medlin, Linda K ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony formation; Grazing; Life cycle; Phaeocystis; Phytoplankton; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; COLD EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS;

NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

GRAZING; LIFE CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 0345447456     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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