Lateral water exchange between shelf-margin upwelling and Kuroshio waters influences Phosphorus stress in microphytoplankton

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 409, Issue , 2010, Pages 121-130

  Liu, Hung Chun ^a   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a   Chang, Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; East China Sea; Fv Fm; Kuroshio; Microphytoplankton; Phosphorus stress; Upwelling; Water exchange

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHELF SEA; UPWELLING; WATER EXCHANGE;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954129524     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08603     Document Type: Article

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