Bacterial distribution and activity at the water-sediment boundary layer on NW Mediterranean continental margin

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 168, Issue , 1998, Pages 273-283

  Tholosan, Olivier ^a   Bianchi, Armand ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Deep sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mineralization; Oceanic margin; Proteolytic activity; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032500002     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps168273     Document Type: Article

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