Consequences of solar radiation on bacterial secondary production and growth rates in subtropical coastal water (Atlantic Coral Reef off Belize, Central America)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Chróst, Ryszard J ^a   Faust, Maria A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth rates; Bacterial production; Solar radiation; Subtropical coastal waters

Indexed keywords

EID: 19244371034     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame020039     Document Type: Article

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