Population study of the filamentous sulfur bacteria Thioploca spp. off the Bay of Conception, Chile

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-126

  Schulz, Heide N ^a   Strotmann, Bettina ^a   Gallardo, Victor A ^b   Jørgensen, Bo B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bay of Concepci n; Biomass; Chile; Population dynamics; Species distribution; Thioploca; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001084308     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200117     Document Type: Article

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