Seasonal and vertical distribution of planktonic bacteria and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the middle Adriatic Sea

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-92

  Šestanović, Stefanija ^a   Šolić, Mladen ^a   Krstulović, Nada ^a   Ninčević, Živana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bacteria; Heterotropic nanoflagellates; Seasonal distribution; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3843085407     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0172-8     Document Type: Article

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