Comparative analysis of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in three ecological provinces of the northern South China Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-28

  Ning, Xiuren ^a   Li, William K W ^b   Cai, Yuming ^a   Shi, Junxian ^a  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Northern South China Sea; Photosynthetic picoplankton; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 21244458064     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293017     Document Type: Article

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