Experimental test of bacteria-phytoplankton coupling in the Southern Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1844-1854

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Agustí, Susana ^a   Vaqué, Dolors ^b   Agawin, Nona S R ^a   Felipe, Jordi ^b   Casamayor, Emilio O ^c   Gasol, Josep M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COUPLING; MESOCOSM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; JOHNSONS DOCK; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; RUMEX;

EID: 28044443364     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.1844     Document Type: Article

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