P-limitation of respiration in the Sargasso Sea and uncoupling of bacteria from P-regeneration in size-fractionation experiments

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Obernosterer, Ingrid ^a,b   Kawasaki, Nobu ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

BATS; Community respiration; P limitation; Sargasso Sea; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042071477     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame032229     Document Type: Article

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