Phytoplankton of the North Sea and its dynamics: A review

Netherlands Journal of Sea Research - Tập 26 Số 2-4 - Trang 295-331 - 1990
Philip C. Reid1, C. Lancelot2, W. W. C. Gieskes3, E. Hagmeier4, Günter Weichart5
1Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Citadell Hill Plymouth PL1, 2 PB, U.K.
2Université Libre de Bruxelles, Groupe de Microbiologie des Milieux Aquatiques, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
3University of Groningen, Dept. Marine Biology, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands
4Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, D2192 Helgoland, FR Germany
5Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78, 2000 Hamburg 4, FR Germany

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