Climate warming in winter affects the coupling between phytoplankton and bacteria during the spring bloom: A mesocosm study

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Hoppe, Hans Georg ^a   Breithaupt, Petra ^a   Walther, Katja ^b   Koppe, Regine ^a   Bleck, Stephan ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a   Jürgens, Klaus ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial secondary production; Baltic Sea; Climate change; Global warming; Marine bacteria; Mesocosm; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 46949087679     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01198     Document Type: Article

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