Seasonal diel variations of picoplankton and nanoplankton in a subtropical western Pacific coastal ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1221-1231

  Tsai, An Yi ^a   Chiang, Kuo Ping ^a   Chang, Jeng ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; NANOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 22844446518     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1221     Document Type: Article

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