Nature of phosphorus limitation in the ultraoligotrophic eastern Mediterranean

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5737, 2005, Pages 1068-1071

  Thingstad, T F ^a   Krom, M D ^b   Mantoura, R F C ^c,d   Flaten, C A F ^a   Groom, S ^c   Herut, B ^e   Kress, N ^e   Law, C S ^c,f   Pasternak, A ^g   Pitta, P ^h   Psarra, S ^h   Rassoulzadegan, F ⁱ   Tanaka, T ^a,i   Tselepides, A ^h   Wassmann, P ^g   Woodward, E M S ^c   Riser, C Wexels ^g   Zodiatis, C ^j   Zohary, T ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^k ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE WATERS;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; COPEPODS; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COPEPOD; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOICHIOMETRY; TITRIMETRY; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA;

EID: 23644454818     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112632     Document Type: Article

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