Nitrate-nitrite dynamics and phytoplankton growth: Formulation and experimental evaluation of a dynamic model

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1555-1571

  Malerba, Martino E ^a,b   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; ISOCHRYSIS SP.; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; PICOCHLORUM ATOMUS; PYROCYSTIS LUNULA; STRAMENOCHROMA;

EID: 84891660124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1555     Document Type: Article

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