Daily bacterioplankton dynamics in a sub-Saharan estuary (Senegal River, West Africa): A mesocosm study

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Troussellier, Marc ^a   Got, Patrice ^a   Mboup, Maimouna ^b   Corbin, Daniel ^b   Giuliano, Laura ^c   Cappello, Simone ^c   Bouvy, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b Centre IRD de Bel Air   (Senegal)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Growth and grazing rates; Heterotrophic nanoflagellates; Mesocosms; Senegal estuary; West Africa

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBACTER; TENACIBACULUM MARITIMUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 23744442533     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame040013     Document Type: Article

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