Seasonal and interannual variation of bacterial production in lowland rivers of the Orinoco basin

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1400-1414

  Castillo, María M ^a,c   Allan, J David ^a   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^b   Kling, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bacterial production; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Orinoco; Tropical rivers; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ORINOCO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 7044235210     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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