Abundance and composition of picoplankton in the mid Adriatic Sea

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-140

  Ninčević Gladan, Živana ^a   Marasović, Ivona ^a   Kušpilić, Grozdan ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Šestanović, Stefanija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Eukaryotic picoplankton; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; EUKARYOTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PICOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33846301089     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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