Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) link phytoplankton and bacterial production in the gulf of aqaba

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Berman Frank, Ilana ^a   Stambler, Noga ^a   Domínguez, Evaristo Vázquez ^b   Zohary, Tamar ^c   Capuzzo, Elisa ^d   Meeder, Efrat ^e,f   Suggett, David J ^g   Iluz, David ^a   Dishon, Gal ^a   Berman, Tom ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial productivity; Carbon cycling; Gulf of aqaba; Primary productivity; Size fractionation; TEP; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349171847     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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