Preliminary flow cytometric analyses of phototrophic pico-and nanoplankton communities in the northern adriatic

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 5 A, 2009, Pages 715-724

  Radić, Tomislav ^a,b   Šilović, Tina ^a   Šantić, Danijela ^c   Fuks, Dragica ^a   Mičić, Milena ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADRIATIC CROPS AND KARST RECLAMATION   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Nanophototrophs; Northern adriatic; Phototrophic pico eukaryotes; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NANOPLANKTON; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PICOPLANKTON; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 67949124871     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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