Biomass, production and heterotrophic activity of bacterioplankton in the Great Astrolabe Reef lagoon (Fiji)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-53

  Torreton J P ^a  

^a IRD Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Bacterioplankton; Coral reefs; Dissolved organic carbon; Pacific ocean

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; HETEROTROPHY;

FIJI;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032791530     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050152     Document Type: Article

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