Prochlorococcus contributes to new poduction in the Sargasso Sea deep chlorophyll maximum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Casey, John R ^a   Lomas, Michael W ^b   Mandecki, Joanna ^c   Walker, Donald E ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN UPTAKE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 34249671665     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028725     Document Type: Article

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