Understanding Roles of Microbes in Marine Pelagic Food Webs: A Brief History

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 27-44

  Sherr, Evelyn ^a   Sherr, Barry ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"microbial loop"; Marine heterotrophic protists; Marine pelagic food web microbe roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249112998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470281840.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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