Distribution of nano-sized Cyanobacteria in the western and central Pacific Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-282

  Sato, Mitsuhide ^a   Hashihama, Fuminori ^a   Kitajima, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Shigenobu ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross basin distribution; Cyanobacteria; Nanophytoplankton; Nitrogen fixation; Pacific subtropical gyres; Picophytoplankton; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 77954257395     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01397     Document Type: Article

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