Prokaryoplankton standing stocks in oligotrophic gyre and equatorial provinces of the Atlantic Ocean: Evaluation of inter-annual variability

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 14-16, 2006, Pages 1530-1547

  Heywood, J L ^a   Zubkov, M V ^a   Tarran, G A ^b   Fuchs, B M ^c   Holligan, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Transect; Atlantic Ocean; Oligotrophic gyre; Picoplankton community composition; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OLIGOTROPHIC GYRE; PICOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; GYRE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33748541938     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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