Light rather than iron controls photosynthate production and allocation in Southern Ocean phytoplankton populations during austral autumn

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 885-900

  Van Oijen, T ^a   Van Leeuwe, M A ^a   Granum, E ^b   Weissing, F J ^a   Bellerby, R G J ^c   Gieskes, W W C ^a   De Baar, H J W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; IRON; LIGHT; PHYTOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS BREVIS; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; FRAGILARIOPSIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS KERGUELENSIS;

EID: 4043081319     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh088     Document Type: Article

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