Importance of phytoplankton carbon to heterotrophic bacteria in the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers, USA

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-91

  Koch, Richard W ^a   Bukaveckas, Paul A ^b   Guelda, Debbie L ^a  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Heterotrophic production; Large river; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RIVERS;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; HETEROTROPHIC PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

CARBON;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; CARBON FLUX; HETEROTROPHY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

CUMBERLAND RIVER; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO RIVER; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249075159     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0525-1     Document Type: Article

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