Pico- and nanophytoplankton dynamics during the decline phase of the spring bloom in the Oyashio region

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 1643-1652

  Sato, Mitsuhide ^a   Furuya, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oyashio; Pico and nanophytoplankton; Spring bloom; Water mass analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLOW-CYTOMETER; FLOW-CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH AVAILABILITY; KUROSHIO; MASS ANALYSIS; MASS EXCHANGE; MIXING PROCESS; NET EXPORTS; OYASHIO; SPRING BLOOMS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WATER CHARACTERISTICS; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

BLOOMS (METAL); FLOW CYTOMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NANOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PICOPLANKTON; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO REGION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CRYPTOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 77954620748     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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