Phosphorus stress of microphytoplankton community in the western subtropical North Pacific

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-157

  Girault, Mathias ^a   Arakawa, Hisayuki ^a   Hashihama, Fuminori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; DOP; ELF; Microphytoplankton; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84871957304     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs076     Document Type: Article

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