Relationships between phytoplankton growth and cell size in surface oceans: Interactive effects of temperature, nutrients, and grazing

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 965-972

  Chen, Bingzhang ^a,b   Liu, Hongbin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CYTOLOGY; DATA SET; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77955574466     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.0965     Document Type: Review

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