Relationship between bacteria, photoplankton and heterotrophic nanoflagellates along the trophic gradient

Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 433-443

  Krstulovic N ^a   Solic M ^a   Marasovic I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; NANOFLAGELLATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC GRADIENT;

ADRIATIC SEA;

EID: 0031400081     PISSN: 01743597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02908725     Document Type: Article

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