Growth and marine bacterioplankton on river and seawater dissolved organic carbon in a Mediterranean coastal system;Croissance du bactérioplancton marin à partir du carbone organique dissous de l'eau de rivère et de l'eau de mer dans un système côtier méditerranéen

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-64

  Kormas, Konstantinos Ar ^a   Papaspyrou, Sokratis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Degradation; Dissolved organic carbon; Mediterranean; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH; NUTRIENT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2442624603     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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