Distribution of planktonic aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria in the northwest Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 38-46

  Sieracki, Michael E ^a   Gilg, Ilana C ^b   Thier, Edward C ^a   Poulton, Nicole J ^a   Goericke, Ralf ^c  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32944478585     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0038     Document Type: Article

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