Effects of ChangJiang River summer discharge on bottom-up control of coastal bacterial growth

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Shiah, Fuh Kwo ^a,b   Gong, Gwo Ching ^a   Xiao, Tian ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Chlorophyll; East China Sea; Inter annual variations; Monthly variations; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750065436     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame044105     Document Type: Article

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