Major bacterial contribution to the ocean reservoir of detrital organic carbon and nitrogen

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Kaiser, Karl ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITROGEN CYCLE; RESERVOIR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38749146444     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0099     Document Type: Article

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