Microbial activities accompanying decomposition of cladoceran and copepod carcasses under different environmental conditions

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-100

  Tang, Kam W ^a   Bickel, Samantha L ^a   Dziallas, Claudia ^b   Grossart, Hans Peter ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Bacterial production; Decomposition; Exoenzymes; Zooplankton carcasses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CUCULLATA; DIAPHANOSOMA BRACHYURUM; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILIS;

EID: 70349443262     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01331     Document Type: Article

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