High incorporation of carbon into proteins by the phytoplankton of the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1689-1696

  Lee, Sang H ^a   Kim, Hak Jun ^a   Whitledge, Terry E ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chukchi Sea; Lipids; Photosynthetic allocations; Phytoplankton; Proteins

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING STRAIT; CHUKCHI SEA;

MAMMALIA; VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 67651004484     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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