Modelling the effects of chromatic adaptation on phytoplankton community structure in the oligotrophic ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 406, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-17

  Hickman, A E ^a,b   Dutkiewicz, S ^b   Williams, R G ^a   Follows, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic adaptation; Modelling; Niche; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Selection; Species

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GYRE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL SELECTION; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77954118534     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08588     Document Type: Article

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