Distribution of picophytoplankton and bacterioplankton along a river plume gradient in the Mediterranean Sea

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-208

  Joux, F ^a   Servais, P ^b   Naudin, J J ^a   Lebaron, P ^a   Oriol, L ^a   Courties, C ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Flow cytometry; Picophytoplankton; River plume; Salinity gradient

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 33644963755     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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