Elemental C, N, and P cell content of individual bacteria collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1525-1530

  Gundersen, Kjell ^a   Heldal, Mikal ^b   Norland, Svein ^b   Purdie, Duncan A ^c   Knap, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

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EID: 0036733384     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.5.1525     Document Type: Article

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