Distribution and activity of Bacteria and Archaea in the deep water masses of the North Atlantic

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2131-2144

  Teira, Eva ^a,c   Lebaron, Philippe ^b   Van Aken, Hendrik ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PICOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33749466450     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2131     Document Type: Article

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