Macroecological limits of heterotrophic bacterial abundance in the ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1529-1540

  Li, William K W ^a   Head, Erica J H ^a   Glen Harrison, W ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Chlorophyll; Comparative analysis; Macroecology; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

MACROECOLOGICAL LIMITS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CARRYING CAPACITY; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL OCEAN; OPEN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ARABIAN SEA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 5644289744     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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