Phosphorus-limited bacterioplankton growth in the Sargasso Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Cotner, James B ^a   Ammerman, James W ^a   Peele, Emily R ^b   Bentzen, Ellen ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Biogeochemistry; Carbon; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0000808251     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013141     Document Type: Article

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