Phytoplankton community structure in Singapore's coastal waters using HPLC pigment analysis and flow cytometry

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1507-1519

  Gin, K Y H ^a,b   Zhang, S ^a,c   Lee, Y K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; JOHOR STRAIT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIT OF SINGAPORE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0346991505     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbg112     Document Type: Article

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