Comparative study of picoplankton biomass and community structure in different provinces from subarctic to subtropical oceans

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 14-15, 2008, Pages 1605-1614

  Zhang, Yao ^a   Jiao, Nianzhi ^a   Hong, Ning ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAPB); Autotroph; Heterotroph; Picoplankton; Subarctic ocean; Subtropical ocean

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA (AAPB); ATTENUATION ,; AUTOTROPH; AUTOTROPHIC PICOPLANKTON; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCES; CARBON EXPORT; CELL SIZES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; HETEROTROPH; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; MIXED LAYERING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LEVELS; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; PICOPLANKTON; POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBARCTIC OCEAN; SUBARCTIC PACIFIC; SUBTROPICAL AREAS; SUBTROPICAL GYRES; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL OCEANS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TROPHIC LEVELS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETRITUS; HETEROTROPHY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PICOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 48949102644     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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