Significance of viruses versus heterotrophic nanofiagellates for controlling bacterial abundance in the northern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1851-1856

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b   Peduzzi, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HETEROTROPHIC NANOFLAGELLATES; MORTALITY; POPULATION CONTROL; VIRUSES;

ADRIATIC SEA;

EID: 0028982290     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/17.9.1851     Document Type: Article

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