Regulation of bacterial growth efficiency in a large turbid estuary

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Roland, Fabio ^a,b   Cole, Jonathan J ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial metabolism; BGE; Ecosystems; Estuary; Production; Respiration; River

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033619815     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame020031     Document Type: Article

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