Structure-Dependent phytoplankton photosynthesis and production rates: Implications for the formation, maintenance, and decline of plankton patches

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 468, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-30

  Menden Deuer, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Patchiness; Photosynthesis irradiance relationship; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; PATCHINESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WATER COLUMN;

EAST SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84869202167     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09968     Document Type: Article

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