Different coupling of dissolved amino acid, protein, and carbohydrate turnover to heterotrophic picoplankton production in the Southern Ocean in austral summer and fall

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Simon, Meinhard ^a   Rosenstock, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; HETEROTROPHY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PICOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; SUMMER;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34250897887     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.1.0085     Document Type: Article

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