Bacterial and phytoplankton dynamics in a sub-tropical estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 229-246

  Barrera Alba, José Juan ^a   Gianesella, Sônia Maria Flores ^a   Moser, Gleyci Aparecida Oliveira ^b   Saldanha Corrêa, Flávia Marisa Prado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Univ Monte Serrat Unimonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Growth rate; Heterotrophic estuary; Phytoplankton; Tropical systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL WATERS; HETEROTROPHIC ESTUARY; TROPICAL SYSTEMS;

ESTUARIES;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37549043852     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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