Role of ultraviolet radiation on phytoplankton extracellular release and its subsequent utilization by marine bacterioplankton

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-93

  Pausz, Clemens ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial utilization; Dissolved organic matter; Photolysis; Photosynthetic extracellular release; Phytoplankton; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033575207     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018085     Document Type: Article

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