Particulate DNA and protein relative to microorganism biomass and detritus in the Catalano-Balearic sea (NW mediterranean) during stratification

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1299-1316

  Arin, Laura ^a   Berdalet, Elisa ^a   Marrasé, Cèlia ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a   Guixa Boixereu, Núria ^a   Dolan, John ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEA;

BIOMASS; DETRITUS; DNA; MICROORGANISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROTEIN; STRATIFICATION;

(NORTHWEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 0032773986     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.7.1299     Document Type: Article

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