Aerobic degradation of phytoplankton debris dominated by Phaeocystis sp. in different physiological stages of growth

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Osinga, Ronald ^a,c   De Vries, Koert A ^a   Lewis, Wilma E ^a   Van Raaphorst, Wim ^a   Dijkhuizen, Lubbert ^b   Van Duyl, Fleur C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial degradation; Organic carbon; Phaeocystis sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002032961     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame012011     Document Type: Article

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