Summer diatom blooms in the north Pacific subtropical gyre: 2008-2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Villareal, Tracy A ^a   Brown, Colbi G ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^b   Krause, Jeffrey W ^b   Wilson, Cara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEMIAULUS; HYDROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RHIZOSOLENIA; RICHELIA; SUMMER; BIOMASS; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEMIAULUS; RHIZOSOLENIA; RICHELIA;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; HAWAII; NITROGEN FIXATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859516097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033109     Document Type: Article

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