Phytoplankton in the subtropical Atlantic Ocean: Towards a better assessment of biomass and composition

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-530

  Veldhuis, Marcel J W ^a   Kraay, Gijsbert W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon; DNA; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton biomass; Pigments

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 1842812670     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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