Competition for inorganic and organic forms of nitrogen and phosphorous between phytoplankton and bacteria during an Emiliania huxleyi spring bloom

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Lovdal T ^a,e   Eichner, C ^a,f   Grossart, H P ^b   Carbonnel, V ^c   Chou, L ^c   Martin Jezequel V ^d   Thingstad, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPRING (SEASON);

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 40749129642     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-371-2008     Document Type: Article

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