Major and comparable roles for free-living and attached bacteria in the degradation of Phaeocystis-derived organic matter in Belgian coastal waters of the North Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-48

  Becquevort, S ^a   Rousseau, V ^a   Lancelot, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ectoenzymatic activity; Free living and particle attached bacteria; Growth rate; Phaeocystis degradation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA;

EID: 0002007907     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame014039     Document Type: Article

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