Cross-scale ecological dynamics and microbial size spectra in marine ecosystems

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1504, 2002, Pages 2051-2059

  Rinaldo, Andrea ^a   Maritan, Amos ^a   Cavender Bares, Kent K ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite size scaling; Marine microbial ecosystems; Scaling size spectra; Species size distribution

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 41049095945     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2102     Document Type: Article

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