Influence of the benthos on growth of planktonic estuarine bacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Hopkinson Jr , Charles S ^a   Giblin, Anne E ^a   Garritt, Robert H ^a   Tucker, Jane ^a   Hullar, Meredith A J ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial growth; Dissolved organic matter; DOC; DON; Estuarine sediments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0000498351     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016109     Document Type: Article

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