High bacterial production, uptake and concentrations of dissolved organic matter in the Central Arctic Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1645-1663

  Rich, James ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^b   Sherr, Evelyn ^c   Sherr, Barry ^c   Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NANNOPLANKTON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRODUCTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 0031429935     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00058-1     Document Type: Article

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