Bacterial biomass and activity in the deep waters of the eastern Atlantic - Evidence of a barophilic community

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 1655-1670

  Patching, J W ^a   Eardly, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BAROPHILIC ORGANISMS; BIOMASS; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; THYMIDINE INCORPORATION;

ATLANTIC, (EAST);

EID: 0030831712     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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