Subtropical ocean ecosystem structure changes forced by North Pacific climate variations

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1131-1139

  Bidigare, Robert R ^a   Chai, Fei ^b   Landry, Michael R ^c   Lukas, Roger ^d   Hannides, Cecelia C S ^d   Christensen, Stephanie J ^d   Karl, David M ^d   Shi, Lei ^b   Chao, Yi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 85006421181     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp064     Document Type: Article

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