Partitioning of phytoplanktonic organic carbon production and bacterial production along a coastal-offshore gradient in the NE Atlantic during different hydrographic regimes

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-252

  Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^a   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Percent extracellular release; Phytoplankton bacterioplankton coupling; Primary production; Short term changes; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037164212     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame029239     Document Type: Article

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