Trophic coupling between bacterial and phytoplanktonic compartments in shallow tropical reservoirs (Ivory Coast, West Africa)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-37

  Bouvy, Marc ^a   Arfi, Robert ^b   Cecchi, Philippe ^b   Corbin, Daniel ^b   Pagano, Marc ^b   Saint Jean, Lucien ^b   Thomas, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Eutrophication; Phytoplankton; Tropical reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001768864     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame015025     Document Type: Article

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