Algae-bacteria interactions and their effects on aggregation and organic matter flux in the sea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1074-1084

  Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,b   Czub, Gertje ^a,c   Simon, Meinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CARBON; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA;

EID: 33745158302     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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