Mucilage microcosms

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 258-269

  Del Negro, Paola ^a   Crevatin, Erica ^a   Larato, Chiara ^a   Ferrari, Carla ^b   Totti, Cecilia ^c   Pompei, Marinella ^d   Giani, Michele ^e   Berto, Daniela ^e   Fonda Umani, Serena ^a  

^a Laboratorio di Biologia Marina   (Italy)

^b Struttura Oceanografica Daphne   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d Centro Ricerche Marine   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Enzymatic activities; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic Sea; Organic matter; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

MUCILAGE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; RESPIRATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEA WATER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUCILAGE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GONYAULAX FRAGILIS; MICROCOSM; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; VIRUSES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; GONYAULAX FRAGILIS;

EID: 28744458491     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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