Biomass partitioning of benthic microbes in a Baltic inlet: Relationships between bacteria, algae, heterotrophic flagellates and ciliates

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-322

  Dietrich, D ^a,b   Arndt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CILIATE; FLAGELLATE; FOOD WEB; GERMANY; HETEROTROPH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY;

FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GERMANY; HIDDENSEE;

EID: 0034107506     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050689     Document Type: Article

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