A study of the effects of migratory zooplankton on microbial populations in surface waters of the N.W. Mediterranean

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Christaki, Urania ^a   Gaudy, Raymond ^b   Kerambrun, Pierre ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bacterioplankton; Centropages; Copepods; Diel cycle

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COPEPOD; ECOSYSTEM; FLAGELLATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

CENTROPAGES TYPICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0031839920     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00219-0     Document Type: Article

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