Phytoplankton biomass size structure and its regulation in the Southern Yellow Sea (China): Seasonal variability

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2178-2194

  Fu, Mingzhu ^a,b   Wang, Zongling ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Li, Ruixiang ^a   Sun, Ping ^a   Wei, Xiuhua ^a   Lin, Xuezheng ^a   Guo, Jingsong ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Phytoplankton; Seasonal variation; Size fractionated chlorophyll a; Southern Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 70349862094     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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