Distribution and chromatic adaptation of phytoplankton within a shelf sea thermocline

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-536

  Hickman, Anna E ^a,d   Holligan, Patrick M ^b   Moore, C Mark ^b   Sharples, Jonathan ^a   Krivtsov, Vladimir ^c   Palmer, Matthew R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL ORGANELLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCLINE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 63549130948     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0525     Document Type: Article

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