Metabolic consequences of iron deficiency in heterotrophic marine protozoa

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1673-1684

  Chase, Z ^a,b   Price, N M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PROTOZOA;

PARAPHYSOMONAS BUTCHERI; PARAPHYSOMONAS IMPERFORATA;

EID: 3543040596     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.8.1673     Document Type: Article

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