Physical determinants of phytoplankton production, algal stoichiometry, and vertical nutrient fluxes

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Jäger, Christoph G ^a,b   Diehl, Sebastian ^a,c   Emans, Maximilian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon to phosphorus ratio; Light; Mixing intensity; Nutrients; Spatial heterogeneity; Water column depth

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMASS; DEEP WATER; HABITAT SELECTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERSISTENCE; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER COLUMN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER FLOW;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ALGAE;

EID: 77949522643     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650728     Document Type: Article

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