Seasonal and spatial patterns of heterotrophic bacterial production, respiration, and biomass in the subarctic NE Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 2557-2578

  Sherry, Nelson D ^a   Boyd, Philip W ^a   Sugimoto, Kugako ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; HETEROTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032736323     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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