The magnitude of spring bacterial production in the North Atlantic Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1684-1693

  Ducklow, H W ^a   Kirchman, D L ^b   Anderson, T R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036866992     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1684     Document Type: Article

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