Abundance, biomass and growth rates of pelagic microorganisms in a tropical coastal ecosystem

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-185

  Wallberg, Petra ^a   Jonsson, Per R ^b   Johnstone, Ron ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Ciliates; East Africa; Growth rates; Microbial food web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033538862     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018175     Document Type: Article

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