Growth of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in light-And nutrient-limited batch reactors: Relevance for the BIOSOPE deep ecological niche of coccolithophores

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 5983-6001

  Perrin, Laura ^a   Probert, Ian ^b   Langer, Gerald ^c   Aloisi, Giovanni ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SINK; COCCOLITH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; GYRE; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84994631183     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5983-2016     Document Type: Article

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