Major shift in bacterioplankton utilization of enantiomeric amino acids between surface waters and the ocean's interior

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 755-763

  Pérez, Maria T ^a,b   Pausz, Clemens ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0037351347     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.2.0755     Document Type: Article

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