Seasonal compensation of microbial production and respiration in a temperate sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 43-57

  Serret, Pablo ^a,c   Fernández, Emilio ^b   Sostres, Jorge A ^a   Anadón, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Bacteria; Oxygen anomaly; Phytoplankton; Production respiration balance; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPENSATION; HYDROGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0345504832     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187043     Document Type: Article

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