Relationships between organic carbon and microbial components in a Tyrrhenian area (Isola del Giglio) affected by mucilages

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 350-359

  Misic, C ^a   Giani, M ^b   Povero, P ^a   Polimene, L ^b   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Centrale Per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata Al Mare ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Mucilage; Organic carbon; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; MUCILAGE; ORGANIC CARBON; TYRREHENIAN SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCILAGE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROFLORA; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28744440280     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.024     Document Type: Article

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