Significance of bacteria in the flux of organic matter in the tidal creeks of the mangrove ecosystem of the Indus River delta, Pakistan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 157, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-12

  Bano, Nasreen ^a,e   Nisa, Mehr Un ^a   Khan, Nuzhat ^a   Saleem, Monawwar ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^b   Ahmed, Saiyed I ^c   Azam, Farooq ^d  

^a National Institute of Oceanography Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial production; Indus River delta; Mangroves; Organic matter; Tidal creeks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; DELTAS; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SWAMPS; ORGANIC MATTER;

INDUS DELTA; PAKISTAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); METAZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030728970     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps157001     Document Type: Article

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