Isolation of viruses responsible for the demise of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom in the English Channel

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-377

  Wilson, William H ^a   Tarran, Glen A ^b   Schroeder, Declan ^a   Cox, Michael ^c   Oke, Joanne ^a   Malin, Gillian ^d  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; TRANSECT; VIRUS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036621805     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540200560X     Document Type: Article

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