Bacterioplankton community structure: Protists control net production and the proportion of active bacteria in a coastal marine community

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1169-1179

  Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b   Vaqué, Dolors ^b   Mura, Paola ^c   Agustí, Susana ^c   Duarte, Carlos M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030448133     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.6.1169     Document Type: Article

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