Nutrient limitation of picophytoplankton photosynthesis and growth in the tropical North Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1722-1733

  Davey, Margaret ^a,b   Tarran, Glen A ^c   Mills, Matthew M ^d,e   Ridame, Celine ^d,f   Geider, Richard J ^a   LaRoche, Julie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 52149093832     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5.1722     Document Type: Article

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