Role of environmental factors for the vertical distribution (0ĝ€"1000 m) of marine bacterial communities in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1751-1764

  Ghiglione, J F ^a,b   Palacios, C ^c   Marty, J C ^d   Mevel G ^b,e,f   Labrune, C ^a,b   Conan, P ^a,b   Pujo Pay, M ^a,b   Garcia, N ^g   Goutx, M ^g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^e STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58049142608     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1751-2008     Document Type: Article

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