Enhanced viral production and infection of bacterioplankton during an iron-induced phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 774-784

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,b   Arrieta, Jesus Maria ^b,c   Herndl, Gerhard J ^b,e   Griebler, Christian ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENCOUNTER RATE; GENOME; IRON; LYSIS; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 66149117853     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0774     Document Type: Article

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