Standing stock and community structure of photosynthetic picoplankton in the northern South China Sea

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 57-76

  Ning, Xiuren ^a   Li, W K W ^b   Cai, Yuming ^a   Liu, Chenggang ^a   Shi, Junxian ^a  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cell abundance; Community structure; Photosynthetic picoeukaryotes; Prochlorococcus; Spatial distribution; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICOPLANKTON; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; LEIZHOU PENINSULA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33746585339     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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