Microbial assemblage during the spring-summer transition on the northeast continental shelf of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-210

  Hall, J A ^a   Safi, K ^a   James, M R ^a   Zeldis, J ^a   Weatherhead, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Continental shelf; Microbial; Microzooplankton; Picophytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; LABOEA STROBILA;

EID: 33646848407     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517413     Document Type: Article

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