Global biodiversity patterns of marine phytoplankton and zooplankton

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6994, 2004, Pages 863-867

  Irigoien, Xabier ^a   Hulsman, Jef ^b   Harris, Roger P ^c  

^a MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS; PHYTOPLANKTONS; ZOOPLANKTONS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; HERBIVORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 3042631027     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02593     Document Type: Article

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