Vertical distribution and temporal variation of marine planktonic archaea in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica, during early spring

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 607-617

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Taylor, Lance T ^a   Murray, Alison E ^a   Wu, Ke Y ^a   Jeffrey, Wade H ^a,b   DeLong, Edward F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ANTARCTICA; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; HYBRIDIZATION; PLANKTON; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RIBOSOMAL RNA; TIME; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA;

EID: 0031855794     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0607     Document Type: Article

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