Phytoplankton response to a Lagrangian phosphate addition in the Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 22-23, 2005, Pages 2944-2960

  Psarra, Stella ^a   Zohary, Tamar ^b   Krom, Michael D ^c   Mantoura, R Fauzi C ^d,h   Polychronaki, Thalia ^a   Stambler, Noga ^e   Tanaka, Tsuneo ^f   Tselepides, Anastasios ^a   Frede Thingstad, T ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomic pigments; Chlorophyll; Eastern Mediterranean; P addition; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOSPHATES;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; LAGRANGIAN PHOSPHATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 27844585234     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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