Exudation of organic carbon by marine phytoplankton: Dependence on taxon and cell size

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-60

  López Sandoval, Daffne C ^a   Rodríguez Ramos, Tamara ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^a,b   Marañón, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell size; Exudation; Organic carbon; Phytoplankton; Taxonomic affiliation

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON FIXATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXUDATION; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84875136926     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10174     Document Type: Article

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