Microbial food web structure in the Arabian Sea: A US JGOFS study

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1387-1422

  Garrison, David L ^a   Gowing, Marcia M ^a   Hughes, Margaret P ^a   Campbell, Lisa ^b   Caron, David A ^c   Dennett, Mark R ^d   Shalapyonok, Alexi ^d   Olson, Robert J ^d   Landry, Michael R ^e   Brown, Susan L ^e   Liu, Hong Bin ^f   Azam, Farooq ^g   Steward, Grieg F ^h   Ducklow, Hugh W ⁱ   Smith, David C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c South Carolina University   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MONSOON; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PHAEOCYSTIS; SEASONALITY;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANKTON;

ARABIAN SEA;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034107325     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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