Biodiversity and function of bacteria in the southern ocean

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1505-1523

  Delille, D ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oceans; bacterial communities; bacterioplankton; benthic bacteria; organic matter; seasonal changes; temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CRYOBIOLOGY; FUNCTION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANNOPLANKTON;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030302551     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051989     Document Type: Article

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