Scaling of phytoplankton photosynthesis and cell size in the ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2190-2198

  Marañón, Emilio ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^b   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^c   Harris, Roger P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY FLOW; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 35348981297     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2190     Document Type: Article

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