Abundance and production of bacteria and viruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 287-300

  Steward, Grieg F ^a   Smith, David C ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bacterial mortality; Bacteriophage; Ecology; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIA; DISTRIBUTION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRODUCTION; VIRUS;

BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0029667731     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps131287     Document Type: Article

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