Bacteria-protist interactions and organic matter degradation under P-limited conditions: Analysis of an enclosure experiment using a simple model

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-79

  Thingstad, T F ^a   Havskum, H ^b   Kaas, H ^c   Nielsen, T G ^c   Riemann, B ^c   Lefevre, D ^d   Williams, P J Le B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Intl Agency for 14C Determination   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032987359     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0062     Document Type: Article

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