Seasonal changes in the functional diversity of bacterioplankton in contrasting coastal environments of the NW Mediterranean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Sala, M Montserrat ^a   Estrada, Marta ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Biolog; Carboxylic acids; Coastal carbon; Functional diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748749799     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044001     Document Type: Article

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