Role of ultraviolet-B radiation on bacterioplankton and the availability of dissolved organic matter

Plant Ecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Herndl, Gerhard J ^a   Brugger, Albert ^a   Hager, Silvia ^a   Kaiser, Edith ^a   Obernosterer, Ingrid ^a   Reitner, Bettina ^a   Slezak, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial utilization; Bacterioplankton; Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Radiation; Ultraviolet B (UV B)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NANNOPLANKTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

EID: 0030618520     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009742508284     Document Type: Article

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