Microbial community structure along 18°W (39°N-44.5°N) in the NE Atlantic in late summer 2001 (POMME programme)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-62

  Fernández, Camila ^a   Thyssen, Melilotus ^a   Denis, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean 39 N 45 N, 18 W; Flow cytometry; Heterotrophic prokaryotes; Mesoscale eddies; Ultraphytoplankton

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HETEROTROPHIC PROKARYOTES; MESOSCALE EDDIES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTICYCLONE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROTROPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROKARYOTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 40749108511     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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