The relative importance of species diversity and functional group diversity on carbon uptake in phytoplankton communities

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 683-694

  Behl, Stephan ^a   Donval, Anne ^b   Stiborb, Herwig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CARBON CYCLE; COMPLEMENTARITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREEN ALGA; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79952065284     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.2.0683     Document Type: Article

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