Dissolved organic matter and bacterial production and respiration in the sea-surface microlayer of the open Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-136

  Reinthaler, Thomas ^a   Sintes, Eva ^a   Herndl, Gerhard J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROLAYER; RESPIRATION; SEA SURFACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38749087182     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0122     Document Type: Article

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