Irradiance and the elemental stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2690-2701

  Finkel, Z V ^a,c   Quigg, A ^a,d   Raven, J A ^b   Reinfelder, J R ^a   Schofield, O E ^a   Falkowski, P G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FLUX; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FRACTIONATION; GENETIC VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 33845456746     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2690     Document Type: Article

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