Phytoplankton photoacclimation and photoadaptation in response to environmental gradients in a shelf sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 936-949

  Moore, C Mark ^a,b   Suggett, David J ^b   Hickman, Anna E ^a   Kim, Young Nam ^a   Tweddle, Jacqueline F ^a   Sharples, Jonathan ^c   Geider, Richard J ^b   Holligan, Patrick M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Bidston Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 33645053495     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.2.0936     Document Type: Article

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