Viruses in subarctic lakes and their impact on benthic and pelagic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-482

  Säwström, Christin ^a,b   Ask, Jenny ^a   Karlsson, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Benthic; Pelagic; Subarctic; Virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SUBARCTIC REGION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BENTHOS; CARBON CYCLING; LAKE; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC SPECIES; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; SWEDEN; VIRUS; WINTER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449109386     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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