Seasonal variations of bacterial abundance and biomass and their relation to phytoplankton in the hypertrophic tropical lagoon Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1429-1439

  Gocke, Klaus ^a   Hernández, Carlos ^b   Giesenhagen, Hanna ^a   Hoppe, Hans Georg ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Inst de Invest Marinas y Costeras   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL LAGOON; HYPERTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CIENAGA GRANDE DE SANTA MARTA; COLOMBIA; MAGDALENA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11844305657     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh131     Document Type: Article

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