Viral abundance and distribution in mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters of the Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1209-1220

  Magagnini, Mirko ^a   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Monticelli, Luis S ^b   De Domenico, Emilio ^c   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesopelagic and bathypelagic waters; Prokaryotes; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BATHYPELAGIC; MESOPELAGIC; PROKARYOTIC; VIRIOPLANKTON;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; SEAWATER;

VIRUSES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; METABOLISM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS;

ALBORAN SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447627160     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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