The influence of the balance of inorganic and organic nitrogen on the trophic dynamics of microbial food webs

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2147-2163

  Davidson, Keith ^a   Gilpin, Linda C ^b   Hart, Mark C ^a   Fouilland, Eric ^a   Mitchell, Elaine ^a   Calleja, Ignacio Álvarez ^a   Laurent, Céline ^b   Miller, Axel E J ^a   Leakey, Raymond J G ^c  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; FOOD WEB; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LEPTOCYLINDRUS DANICUS;

EID: 35349007495     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2147     Document Type: Article

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