Size-fractionated photosynthesis/irradiance relationships during Phaeocystis antarctica-dominated blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 701-712

  Shields, Amy R ^a   Smith, Walker O ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; MORPHOTYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 71949126576     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp022     Document Type: Article

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