Bacterial abundance and production, and their relation to primary production in tropical coastal waters of Peninsular Malaysia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-21

  Lee, Choon Weng ^a   Bong, Chui Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

South China Sea; Straits of Malacca

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIT OF MALACCA; WEST MALAYSIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38649086765     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF07099     Document Type: Article

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