Strong coast-ocean and surface-depth gradients in prokaryotic assemblage structure and activity in a coastal transition zone region

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-74

  Baltar, Federico ^a   Arístegui, Javier ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b   Hernández León, Santiago ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Archaea; Assemblage structure; Bacteria; CARD FISH; Deep ocean

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; ROSEOBACTER;

EID: 38549170387     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01156     Document Type: Article

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