Differential sunlight sensitivity of picophytoplankton from surface Mediterranean coastal waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2154-2157

  Sommaruga, Ruben ^a   Hofer, Julia S ^a   Alonso Sáez, Laura ^b   Gasol, Josep M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURFACE WATERS;

CELL ABUNDANCE; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PICOPHYTOPLANKTONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COASTAL WATERS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 17444364875     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.2154-2157.2005     Document Type: Article

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