Size-fractionated primary production, bacterial production and net community production in subtropical and tropical domains of the oligotrophic NE Atlantic in autumn

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 274, Issue , 2004, Pages 17-29

  Morán, Xosé Anxelu G ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^b   Pérez, Valesca ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bacterial production; Community metabolism; Microbial plankton; Primary production; Size structure; Subtropical gyre

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 3142709074     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps274017     Document Type: Article

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