Conceptual models for the biogeochemical role of the photic zone microbial food web, with particular reference to the Mediterranean Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 271-286

  Thingstad, T Frede ^a   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; PHOTIC ZONE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032753899     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00029-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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