Picophytoplankton contribution to phytoplankton community structure in the Gulf of Venice (NW Adriatic Sea)

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-70

  Aubry, Fabrizio Bernardi ^a   Acri, Francesco ^a   Bastianini, Mauro ^a   Pugnetti, Alessandra ^a   Socal, Giorgio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epifluorescence; Northern Adriatic Sea; Picoplankton; Synechococcus; Uterm hl phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIZE DETERMINATION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33644699089     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200410787     Document Type: Article

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