Loss rate of an oligotrophic bacterial assemblage as measured by 3H-thymidine and 32PO4: Good agreement and near-balance with production

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Thingstad, T Frede ^a   Dolan, John R ^b   Fuhrman, Jed A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial decay; Phosphate metabolism; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030028255     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010029     Document Type: Article

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