Major inter-annual variations in microbial dynamics in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) and their ecosystem implications

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-175

  Umani, Serena Fonda ^a   Del Negro, Paola ^b   Larato, Chiara ^b   De Vittor, Cinzia ^b   Cabrini, Marina ^b   Celio, Massimo ^c   Falconi, Claus ^b   Tamberlich, Francesco ^c   Azam, Farooq ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c ARPA FVG   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial dynamics; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847742617     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame046163     Document Type: Article

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