The elemental stoichiometry and composition of an iron-limited diatom

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1159-1171

  Price, Neil M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; IRON; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 22844447984     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1159     Document Type: Article

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