Trophic control of bacterial growth in microcosms containing a natural community from northwest Mediterranean surface waters

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-156

  Thingstad, T Frede ^a   Pérez, Maite ^b   Pelegri, Silvia ^b   Dolan, John ^b   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Algal bacterial competition; Bacterial carbon demand; Microbial food webs; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345329620     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018145     Document Type: Article

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