Survival mechanisms of phytoplankton in conditions of stratification-induced deprivation of orthophosphate: Northern adriatic case study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1721-1731

  Ivančić, Ingrid ^a   Godrijan, Jelena ^a   Pfannkuchen, Martin ^a   Marić, Daniela ^a   Gašparović, Blaženka ^a   Djakovac, Tamara ^a   Najdek, Mirjana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; NANOPLANKTON; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION; SURVIVAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84870308097     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1721     Document Type: Article

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