Productivity of picoplankton compared with that of larger phytoplankton in the subarctic region

Abstract We determined the productivity (ug C ug~ ' Chi a h~') of size-fractionated phytoplankton in the northern North Pacific and the Bering Sea in summer and winter. Picoplankton (<2 urn) were more productive than larger sized phytoplankton (2-10 and 10-200 um) in the subtropical reg...

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Main Authors: Akihiro Shiomoto, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Kojo Monaka, Masaaki Nanba
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1033.2074
http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/7/907.full.pdf