Seasonal patterns of urea regeneration by size-fractionated microheterotrophs in well-mixed temperate coastal waters

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  L'Helguen, S ^a   Slawyk, G ^b   Le Corre, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; UREA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 17144368432     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh174     Document Type: Article

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