A new method for estimating growth rates of alkenone-producing haptophytes

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 114-129

  Popp, Brian N ^a   Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Deschenes, Bryan ^a   Laws, Edward A ^a   Prahl, Fredrick G ^b   Tanimoto, Jamie K ^a   Wallsgrove, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; ISOCHRYSIS SP.;

EID: 33646593513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.114     Document Type: Article

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