Benthic microbial and whole-community responses to different amounts of 13C-enriched algae: In situ experiments in the deep Cretan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 157-165

  Buhring S I ^a,d   Lampadariou, N ^b   Moodley, L ^c   Tselepides, A ^b   Witte, U ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32944481599     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0157     Document Type: Article

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