Seasonal and spatial comparisons of phytoplankton growth and mortality rates due to microzooplankton grazing in the northern South China Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2775-2785

  Chen, B ^a   Zheng, L ^b   Huang, B ^a   Song, S ^c   Liu, H ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MICROPLANKTON; MIXED LAYER; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84901047577     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2775-2013     Document Type: Article

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