Functional diversity of bacterioplankton assemblages in western Antarctic seawaters during late spring

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 292, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-21

  Sala, Maria Montserrat ^a   Arin, Laura ^a   Balagué, Vanessa ^a   Felipe, Jordi ^a   Guadayol, Óscar ^a   Vaqué, Dolors ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Antarctica; Bacterial activity; Biolog; Ectoenzyme; Functional diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING (SEASON);

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; GERLACHE STRAIT; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 20444481726     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps292013     Document Type: Article

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