Influence of hydrographic conditions on picoplankton distribution in the East China Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-48

  Jiao, Nianzhi ^a   Yang, Yanhui ^a   Koshikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Watanabe, Masataka ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Heterotrophic bacteria; Pico eukaryotes; Picoplankton; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0037184542     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030037     Document Type: Article

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