An endogenous periodicity exhibited in the activity of a natural bacterioplankton community isolated in mesocosms

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 555-564

  Chatila, Khaled ^a   Demers, Serge ^a   Mostajir, Behzad ^a   Chanut, Jean Pierre ^a   Monfort, Patrick ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Endogenous cycles; Periodicity; St. Lawrence Estuary; Ultraviolet B radiation; 3H thymidine

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; NITRATE; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MESOCOSM; PERIODICITY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0033306603     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-047     Document Type: Article

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