Ecological implications of biomass and morphotype variations of bacterioplankton: An example in a coastal zone of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-88

  La Ferla, Rosabruna ^a   Leonardi, Marcella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacterioplankton; Biomass; C content; Cell volume; Morphotypes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; MORPHOTYPE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29144519942     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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