Buildup of microbial biomass during deep winter mixing in a Mediterranean warm-core eddy

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 47-57

  Zohary, Tamar ^a   Brenner, Stephen ^b   Krom, Michael D ^c   Angel, Dror L ^d   Kress, Nurit ^b   Li, William K W ^e   Neori, Amir ^d   Yacobi, Yosef Z ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical depth; Eastern Mediterranean; Light shade adaptation; Phytoplankton bloom; Vertical mixing rate; Warm core eddy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXING; OCEANIC EDDIES;

CYPRUS EDDY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032543693     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167047     Document Type: Article

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