Anoxic aggregates - An ephemeral phenomenon in the pelagic environment?

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Ploug, Helle ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a   Buchholz Cleven, Berit ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusive boundary layers; Microelectrodes; Modeling; Molecular techniques

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000414321     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013285     Document Type: Article

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