Variations in Synechococcus cell quotas of phosphorus, sulfur, manganese, iron, nickel, and zinc within mesoscale eddies in the Sargasso Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 492-506

  Twining, Benjamin S ^a   Nuñez Milland, Daliangelis ^a   Vogt, Stefan ^b   Johnson, Rodney S ^c   Sedwick, Peter N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 75249107563     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0492     Document Type: Article

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