Carbon-nitrogen coupling and algal-bacterial interactions during an experimental bloom: Modeling a 13C tracer experiment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 862-878

  Van Den Meersche, Karel ^a,b   Middelburg, Jack J ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Van Rijswijk, Pieter ^a   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a   Heip, Carlo H R ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CARBON; COUPLING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AARHUS [DENMARK]; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; RANDERS FJORD; SCANDINAVIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2942558755     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.3.0862     Document Type: Article

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