Vertical and seasonal variations of bacterial abundance and production in the mesopelagic layer of the NW Mediterranean Sea: Bottom-up and top-down controls

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-544

  Tanaka, Tsuneo ^a,b   Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Bacterial production; Bottom up control; Mediterranean; Mesopelagic layer; Top down control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER;

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842666534     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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