Bacterioplankton distribution and production in the bathypelagic ocean: Directly coupled to particulate organic carbon export?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 150-156

  Hansell, D A ^a   Ducklow, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037250664     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.1.0150     Document Type: Article

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