Microscale gradients of planktonic microbial communities above the sediment surface in a mangrove estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Seymour, J R ^a,b   Seuront, L ^a,c   Mitchell, J G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

bacteria; estuary; gradient; phytoplankton; sediment; virus

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249323015     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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