Phosphorus availability, phytoplankton community dynamics, and taxon-specific phosphorus status in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 873-885

  Mackey, Katherine R M ^a   Labiosa, Rochelle G ^b   Calhoun, Mike ^b   Street, Joseph H ^b   Post, Anton F ^c   Paytan, Adina ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 34250802540     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.2.0873     Document Type: Article

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