Abundance of bacteria, the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium cluster and Archaea in cold oligotrophic waters and nepheloid layers of the Northwest Passage, Canadian archipelago

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-31

  Wells, Llyd E ^a   Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amundsen Gulf; Archaea; Arctic; CF; Cytophaga Flavobacterium; Nepheloid layer; Particle associated Bacteria

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0037434690     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame031019     Document Type: Article

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