Microbial utilization of estuarine dissolved organic carbon: A stable isotope tracer approach tested by mass balance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2489-2493

  Hullar, Meredith A J ^a   Fry, B ^b   Peterson, B J ^c   Wright, R T ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0029902202     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2489-2493.1996     Document Type: Article

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