Picophytoplankton and bacterioplankton in the Mississippi River plume and its adjacent waters

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-156

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Dagg, Michael ^a   Campbell, Lisa ^b   Urban Righ, Juanita ^c  

^a LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI PLUME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 2142809801     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803568     Document Type: Article

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