Bacterioplankton dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica: Production and biomass loss over four seasons

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-250

  Takacs, C D ^a   Priscu, J C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LAKE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032412328     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900111     Document Type: Article

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