Stocks and dynamics of bacterioplankton in the northwestern Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 491-515

  Carlson, Craig A ^a,d   Ducklow, Hugh W ^b   Sleeter, Thomas D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Ministry of the Environment   (Bermuda)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

NANNOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 0029731521     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0645(95)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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