Picophytoplankton, nanophytoplankton, heterotrohpic bacteria and viruses in the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent coastal waters

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Pan, L A ^a,b   Zhang, J ^a,c   Zhang, L H ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUKARYOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NANOPLANKTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34047222761     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm006     Document Type: Article

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