Abundance and relationship of bacteria with transparent exopolymer particles during the 1996 summer monsoon in the Arabian Sea

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-451

  Ramaiah, N ^a   Sarma, V V S S ^a   Gauns, Mangesh ^a   Dileep Kumar, M ^a   Madhupratap, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian sea; Bacteria; Organic carbon; Primary production; TEP; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; EXOPOLYMER; MONSOON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000466874     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02708332     Document Type: Article

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