Distribution of bacterial populations in a stratified fjord (Mariager Fjord, Denmark) quantified by in situ hybridization and related to chemical gradients in the water column

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1391-1404

  Ramsing, Niels B ^a,c   Fossing, Henrik ^a   Ferdelman, Timothy G ^a   Andersen, Finn ^b   Thamdrup, Bo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Nordjyllands Amt   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; DENMARK; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION;

DENMARK, MARIAGER FJORD;

EID: 0029667159     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1391-1404.1996     Document Type: Article

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