Physiological responses of Sargasso Sea picoplankton to nanomolar nitrate perturbations

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-274

  Glover, Hilary E ^a   Garside, Christopher ^b   Trees, Charles C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERTURBATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PICOPLANKTON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34247334610     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm013     Document Type: Article

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