Biomass and productivity of bacterioplankton related to surface water divergence in the northeast equatorial Pacific Ocean

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-158

  Hyun, Jung Ho ^a   Choi, Joong Ki ^b   Yang, Eun Jin ^b   Kim, Kyeong Hong ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Divergence; Eacterioplankton; NEC; NECC; Northeast equatorial Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042959243     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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