Metabolic response of oligotrophic plankton communities to deep water nutrient enrichment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-75

  McAndrew, Patricia M ^a   Björkman, Karin M ^a   Church, Matthew J ^a   Morris, Paul J ^a,c   Jachowski, Nicholas ^a,d   Williams, Peter J Le B ^b   Karl, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic balance; Net community production; North Pacific Ocean; Nutrient addition; Oligotrophic; Respiration; Stn ALOHA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; GYRE; HETEROTROPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION;

ALOHA STATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34047149267     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332063     Document Type: Article

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