Bacterial growth efficiency in lakewater cultures

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-122

  Søndergaard, Morten ^a   Theil Nielsen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Lake water cultures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000220204     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012115     Document Type: Article

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