Importance of seagrass as a carbon source for heterotrophic bacteria in a subtropical estuary (Florida Bay)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-514

  Williams, Clayton J ^a   Jaffé, Rudolf ^b   Anderson, William T ^a   Jochem, Frank J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southeast Environmental Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; biomarker; carbon cycling; Florida Bay; seagrass; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EPIPHYTE; FATTY ACID; HETEROTROPHY; MACROPHYTE; MANGROVE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOPHORACEAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 70449518335     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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