Population dynamics of phytoplankton, heterotrophic bacteria, and viruses during the spring bloom in the western subarctic Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 575-589

  Suzuki, Koji ^a   Kuwata, Akira ^b   Yoshie, Naoki ^b,c   Shibata, Akira ^d,e   Kawanobe, Kyoko ^f   Saito, Hiroaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Aquatic Life Research Institute Inc ^*  (Japan)

^f Aquatic Life Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterotrophic bacteria; NW Pacific; Oyashio; Phytoplankton; Spring diatom bloom; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CARBON BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; CHLOROPHYTES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUCOXANTHIN; GREEN ALGA; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; KUROSHIO; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NW PACIFIC; OYASHIO; SILICIC ACIDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING BLOOMS; SPRING DIATOM BLOOM; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; TROPHODYNAMICS; VIRAL INFECTIONS; WIENER INDEX;

ALGAE CONTROL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VIRUSES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CAROTENOID; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MIXED LAYER; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SILICIC ACID; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIRUS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS; PRASINOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 79953869974     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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