Submillimeter life positions of bacteria, protists, and metazoans in laminated sediments of the Santa Barbara Basin

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 813-828

  Bernhard, Joan M ^a   Visscher, Pieter T ^b   Bowser, Samuel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; METAZOAN; PROTIST; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; LAMIINAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0037351350     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.2.0813     Document Type: Article

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