Bacterial abundance and production in the southwest Atlantic Ocean

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 511, Issue , 2004, Pages 103-111

  Andrade, L ^a   Gonzalez, A M ^a   Valentin, J L ^a   Paranhos, R ^a  

^a Institute de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Depth chlorophyll maximum; Eddies; Flow cytometry; Leucine incorporation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; FISHERIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; CARBON PRODUCTION;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1542321370     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000014033.81848.48     Document Type: Article

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