Variability in the in situ bioavailability of Fe to bacterioplankton communities in the eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Mioni, Cécile E ^a   Pakulski, J Dean ^b   Poorvin, Leo ^a   Baldwin, Amy ^b   Twiss, Michael R ^c   Jeffrey, Wade H ^b   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; HNLC; Iron bioavailability; Luminescent bacterial bioreporter; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247510167     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame046239     Document Type: Article

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