Excretion of dissolved organic carbon by phytoplankton of different sizes and subsequent bacterial uptake

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 249-255

  Malinsky Rushansky, Nechama Z ^a,b   Legrand, Catherine ^c  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Ctr Rech Ecologie Mar A   (France)

Author keywords

Excretion; Phytoplankton photosynthesis; Subsequent bacterial uptake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL UPTAKE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXCRETION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 0029667160     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132249     Document Type: Article

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