Laboratory-made particles as a useful approach to analyse microbial processes in marine macroaggregates

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-334

  Unanue, María A ^a   Azúa, Iñigo ^a   Arrieta, Jesús M ^b   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b   Iriberri, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Flagellate; Laboratory made particle; Macroaggregate; Sea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCARBONATE; SEA WATER;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MACROAGGREGATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; LABORATORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0345563218     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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