Environmental selection and resource allocation determine spatial patterns in picophytoplankton cell size

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1008-1022

  Clark, James R ^a,b   Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Williams, Hywel T P ^a   Daines, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84877750884     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.1008     Document Type: Article

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