Extreme spatial variability in marine picoplankton and its consequences for interpreting Eulerian time-series

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-369

  Martin, Adrian P ^a   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Burkill, Peter H ^a   Holland, Ross J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Cyanobacteria; Flow cytometry; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PATCHINESS; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE PICOPLANKTON; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 25444454358     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0316     Document Type: Article

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