Distribution, fluxes and bacterial consumption of total organic carbon in a populated Mediterranean Gulf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 886-895

  Zeri, C ^a   Kontoyiannis, H ^a   Giannakourou, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; Eastern mediterranean; Fluxes; Saronikos gulf; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUX MEASUREMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER DEPTH;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONIKOS GULF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 62649132026     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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