Comparisons of picophytoplankton abundance, size, and fluorescence between summer and winter in northern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1527-1540

  Chen, Bingzhang ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^b   Song, Shuqun ^a,c   Huang, Bangqin ^b   Sun, Jun ^d   Liu, Hongbin ^a  

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

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fluorescence; Picophytoplankton; Seasonal comparison; Size; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTYPE; FLUORESCENCE; MONSOON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 80052284418     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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