Spring phenological responses of marine and freshwater plankton to changing temperature and light conditions

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2491-2501

  Winder, Monika ^a,b   Berger, Stella A ^c,d,e   Lewandowska, Aleksandra ^a   Aberle, Nicole ^f   Lengfellner, Kathrin ^a,g   Sommer, Ulrich ^a   Diehl, Sebastian ^c,g  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LIGHT INTENSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; PHENOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 84868489217     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1964-z     Document Type: Article

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