Vertical profiles of virus-like particles and bacteria in the water column and sediments of Chesapeake Bay, USA

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Drake, Lisa A ^a   Choi, Keun Hyung ^a   Edward Haskell, A G ^a   Dobbs, Fred C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Sediment pore water; Virus abundance; VLP; Yo pro

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002688617     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016017     Document Type: Article

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