Phytoplankton and bacterial uptake of inorganic and organic nitrogen during an induced bloom of Phaeocystis pouchetii

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Sanderson, M P ^a   Bronk, D A ^a   Nejstgaard, J C ^b   Verity, P G ^c   Sazhin, A F ^d   Frischer, M E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Diatoms; Mesocosm experiments; Nitrogen uptake; Phaeocystis

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 46949092426     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01178     Document Type: Article

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