Abundance of viruses in deep oceanic waters

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 269-277

  Hara, Seiko ^a,e   Koike, Isao ^b   Terauchi, Kazuki ^b   Kamiya, Hitomi ^c   Tanoue, Eiichiro ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacteriophage; Deep water; Oceanic water; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEEP WATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS; VIRUSES;

EID: 0030302730     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps145269     Document Type: Article

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