Primary productivity in the German Bight (1994-1996)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-23

  Rick, Hans J ^a   Rick, Silke ^a   Tillmann, Urban ^b   Brockmann, Uwe ^c   Gärtner, Uwe ^d   Dürselen, Claus ^e   Sündermann, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d AquaEcology ^*  (Germany)

^e AquaEcology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33745907840     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784695     Document Type: Article

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