Influence of bacteria, diffusion and shear on micro-scale nutrient patches, and implications for bacterial chemotaxis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-7

  Blackburn, Nicholas ^a   Fenchel, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemotaxis; Micro scale patchiness; Shear

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; PATCH USE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033607532     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189001     Document Type: Article

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