Bacterial utilization of dissolved glucose in the upper water column of the Gulf of Mexico

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1625-1633

  Skoog, Annelie ^a,b   Biddanda, Bopaiah ^a,c   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GLUCOSE; LIMITING FACTOR; NUTRIENT USE;

GULF OF MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032697505     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.7.1625     Document Type: Article

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