P limitation of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton in the northwest Mediterranean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-94

  Thingstad, T Frede ^a   Zweifel, Ulla Li ^b   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b National Environmental Institute   (Denmark)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031864441     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.1.0088     Document Type: Article

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