Picoplankton dynamics during contrasting seasonal oceanographic conditions at a coastal upwelling station off Northern Baja California, México

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-557

  Linacre, Lorena P ^a   Landry, Michael R ^b   Lara Lara, J Rubén ^c   Hernández Ayón, J Martín ^a   Bazán Guzmán, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling system; Dilution method; Grazing rate; Growth rate; Picoplankton dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPWELLING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77749279704     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp148     Document Type: Article

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