The Physical Environment Affects Cyanophage Communities in British Columbia Inlets

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 348-357

  Frederickson, C M ^a   Short, S M ^a,b   Suttle, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS; WATER COLUMN;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0346816537     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1010-2     Document Type: Article

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