Evidence for psychrophiles outnumbering psychrotolerant marine bacteria in the springtime coastal Arctic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1205-1210

  Connelly, T L ^a,c   Tilburg, C M ^b   Yager, P L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COLD TOLERANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXTREMOPHILE; NUTRIENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645072204     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.2.1205     Document Type: Article

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