Near bottom phytoplankton and seston: Importance in the pelagic-benthic coupling processes

Marine Phytoplankton

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 45-86

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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