Cell size trade-offs govern light exploitation strategies in marine phytoplankton

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Key, Tim ^a,d   McCarthy, Avery ^a   Campbell, Douglas A ^a   Six, Christophe ^a,c   Roy, Suzanne ^b   Finkel, Zoe V ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIATOM; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 73349135945     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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