Rapid bacterial mineralization of organic carbon produced during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5-7, 2008, Pages 777-789

  Obernosterer, Ingrid ^a,b   Christaki, Urania ^b   Lefèvre, Dominique ^b   Catala, Philippe ^a,b   Van Wambeke, France ^b   Lebaron, Philippe ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Bacterial respiration; Heterotrophic bacteria; High nucleic acid cells; Natural iron fertilization; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATORS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH EFFICIENCY; BACTERIAL RESPIRATION; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; HIGH NUCLEIC ACID CELLS; NATURAL IRON FERTILIZATION;

BACTERIA;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SURFACE WATER;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43049156436     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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