Influence of light and temperature on Prochlorococcus ecotype distributions in the Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2205-2220

  Zinser, Erik R ^a,b   Johnson, Zackary I ^a,c   Coe, Allison ^a   Karaca, Erdem ^a,d   Veneziano, Daniele ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT EFFECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 35349008554     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2205     Document Type: Article

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