The microbial food web along salinity gradients

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-155

  Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^a   Calderón Paz, Juan I ^a   MacLean, Marlie H ^a   Medina, Glòria ^a   Marrasé, Cèlia ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^a   Guixa Boixereu, Núria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacterium; Bacterivory; Flagellate; Heterotrophic production; Phytoplankton; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESH WATER; MAGNESIUM; SEA WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POND; SALINITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; FLAGELLATE; FOOD CHAIN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0343362676     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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