Bacterial and organic matter distribution in the sediments of the Thracian Sea (NE Aegean Sea)

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2187-2197

  Polymenakou, Paraskevi N ^a   Fragkioudaki, Glykeria ^a   Tselepides, Anastasios ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Black carbon; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Nucleoid containing bacteria; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLACK CARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THRACIAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THRACIA;

EID: 34648825248     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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