Copepods as microbial hotspots in the ocean: Effects of host feeding activities on attached bacteria

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Tang, Kam W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acartia tonsa; Bacteria; Colonization; Fecal pellets; Microbial hotspot; Most Probable Number

Indexed keywords

ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; RHODOMONAS SALINA; SALINA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 13944275954     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame038031     Document Type: Article

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