Differential microbial uptake of dissolved amino acids and amino sugars in surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-220

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Tarran, Glen A ^b   Mary, Isabelle ^a   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLUCOSE; GYRE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 41149164685     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm091     Document Type: Article

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