Ultrastructure of marine snow. II. Microbiological considerations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 299-308

  Heissenberger, Andreas ^a   Leppard, Gary G ^b,c   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bacterial capsules; Colloids; Marine snow; Mucus; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR MATRIX; MARINE SNOW; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRIATIC SEA, (NORTHERN);

EID: 0029669531     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135299     Document Type: Article

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