Linkages between bacterioplankton community composition, heterotrophic carbon cycling and environmental conditions in a highly dynamic coastal ecosystem

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 906-917

  Teira, Eva ^a   Gasol, Josep M ^b   Aranguren Gassis, María ^a   Fernández, Ana ^a   González, Jose ^a   Lekunberri, Itziar ^b   Álvarez Salgado, X Antón ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEASON;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTON; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 40949147514     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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