Short-term variability of abundance, diversity and activity of estuarine bacterioneuston and bacterioplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1545-1555

  Santos, Ana L ^a   Mendes, Carlos ^a   Gomes, Newton C M ^a   Henriques, Isabel ^a   Correia, António ^a   Almeida, Adelaide ^a   Cunha, Ângela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEL VARIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROLAYER; NEUSTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70449625322     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp083     Document Type: Article

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