Temporal and spatial stability of bacterioplankton biomass and productivity in an atoll lagoon

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-261

  Torréton, Jean Pascal ^a   Dufour, Philippe ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Papeete   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Atoll lagoon; Bacterial production; Bacterioplankton; Leucine incorporation; Pacific Ocean; Thymidine incorporation

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000247007     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame011251     Document Type: Article

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