Picophytoplankton biomass distribution in the global ocean

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Buitenhuis, E T ^a   Li, W K W ^b   Vaulot, D ^c   Lomas, M W ^d   Landry, M R ^e   Partensky, F ^c   Karl, D M ^f   Ulloa, O ^g   Campbell, L ^h   Jacquet, S ⁱ   Lantoine, F ^j   Chavez, F ^k   MacIas, D ^l   Gosselin, M ^m   McManus, G B ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^k MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^m INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 85057823014     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-4-37-2012     Document Type: Article

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