Laser fluorescence analysis of phytoplankton across a frontal zone in the California Current ecosystem

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 761-777

  Chekalyuk, Alexander M ^a   Landry, Michael R ^b   Goericke, Ralf ^b   Taylor, Andrew G ^b   Hafez, Mark A ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A Front; biomass; chlorophyll; fluorescence; fronts; photophysiology; phycoerythrin; phytoplankton; Synechococcus; variable fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEEP WATER; DIATOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DOMINANCE; FLUORESCENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84864649543     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs034     Document Type: Article

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