Microbial Decomposition of Organic Matter Derived from Phytoplankton Cellular Components in Seawater

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-136

  Ohnishi, Yuka ^a   Fujii, Minoru ^b   Murashige, Shinichiro ^c   Yuzawa, Atsushi ^d   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^e   Suzuki, Yoshimi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Nishi Shinjuku Prime Square   (Japan)

^e KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacteria; cell debris; extracted DOM; organic carbon; phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948981368     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.128     Document Type: Article

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