Growth and distribution of marine bacteria in relation to nanoplankton community structure

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 461-487

  Lovejoy, Connie ^a,c   Legendre, Louis ^a   Therriault, Jean Claude ^b   Jean Eric Tremblay, ^a   Klein, Bert ^a   Grant Ingram, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 CYANO 2,3 DITOLYLTETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CANADA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NANOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; THYMIDINE H 3;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARGINAL SEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANNOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 0034174483     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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