Cell Size as a key determinant of phytoplankton metabolism and community structure

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-264

  Marañón, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; allometry; biomass; growth; size structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE STRUCTURE; PLANKTONIC COMMUNITY; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; GERM CELL; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SIZE STRUCTURE;

SEA WATER;

BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCEDURES; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 84948614419     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015955     Document Type: Article

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