Seasonal dynamics of bacterial biomass and production on eelgrass Zostera marina leaves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 231-240

  Törnblom, Erik ^a,b   Søndergaard, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacteria; Biofilm; Eelgrass; Production; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DNA SYNTHESIS; LEUCINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THYMIDINE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS;

DENMARK; FJORD; ROSKILDE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0344436046     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179231     Document Type: Article

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